Bravura of Rabbits







can’t never shake the feeling i’ve forgotten something. a mind like that. who needs shock. reminders around the house like yellow flowers. reminders flags of surrender. bee in your bonnet.















can’t never be the convent. purpose of the shovel is to work. i can’t remember. i cultivate the bravura of the stone. i stare and i stare and i stare and i stare and i. to be a fly on your















never shake the feeling of dark. cannot can’t. in the dark i’m a room big. i can dust under the couch with my arm. behind my eye is a line of dark. behind my spill of blood. said the spider to
















where is it you’re living i forgot. that near old hazel’s spread. get together and julep. reminders around the house i forgot. in your uncle’s apiary you lost your virginity. dark line spill blood and bee.















can’t never shake the feeling i’ve forgotten something. i was going to argue with you. head a stack of bowls that fell over. i am afraid. cultivate the bravura of rabbits and i fear and i fear and i fear and i fear and















shake and shake. your hands belong in a convent like that. i’m a funny taste of liar. old hazel had the stare and the grip. woman in position. i saw her cross and her rosary. below the shotgun. blessed be.















never them points of blood and blood. didn’t don’t did girl now git. taste of the switch is metal. as i got old i got a tongue. like a dog and its echo. moment of truce and a fear. shovel don’t rebel. taste of metal is blood.















i shake the shovel and i forgot. the blood and the bees and i forgot. that land lost its virginity and forgot. blessed be old liar. hazel holds my head a stack of bowls. we juleped. cultivated the bravura of flow.




Kirk Keen is an electrician from Boston.



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