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.
Zach Alan Michael sells books in Kansas City, MO. His work has appeared in HAD, BRUISER, BULL, and others.