by Zach Alan Michael
Hey, thank you for the drink.
It tastes very good. Oh,
and I wanted to tell you—
Last night I saw this video on X
where a girl nails a duck in the face
with a golf ball.
Thwack!
And the duck is immediately
donezo.
It squawks and flaps its wings all crooked,
and it tumbles down a bright, green hill,
and it splashes into this pond where,
if I had to guess,
it probably drowns.
The girl laughs like she did it on purpose.
And honestly, I bet she did.
What I’m trying to say is—
Ha. Wow.
You have incredible aim.
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Zach Alan Michael sells books in Kansas City, MO. His work has appeared in HAD, BRUISER, BULL, and others.