"Kick" by Matthew J. Andrews

Kick

Fire a gun. Feel it push
back against your shoulder,
braced and erect. Hear the crack
ricochet off the hilltops
encircling you. See the snake
spasm in its death dance
despite the strike of a bullet
to the head. Taste the smoke
wafting from the barrel, seeping
into the heavy air like a poison.

Matthew J. Andrews

Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer who lives in Modesto, California. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Funicular Magazine, The Inflectionist Review, Red Rock Review, Sojourners, Amethyst Review, Kissing Dynamite, and Deep Wild Journal, among others. He can be contacted at matthewjandrews.com.

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