PRAIRIE DUST AND TIME
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Jason Huskey
Jason Huskey earned his B.A. in English from Longwood University. He is currently writing an interconnected collection of short stories and another such collection of poems. His work has appeared in The Dos Passos Review, Love’s Chance Magazine, and The Nocturnal Lyric. By Jason Huskey
Published on 11/25/2005
I shot a rabbit once
with a .300 Winchester magnum
just to watch him do a gymnastic
floor routine for me.
Though he rushed the double
somersault and his missing
with a .300 Winchester magnum
just to watch him do a gymnastic
floor routine for me.
Though he rushed the double
somersault and his missing
I shot a rabbit once
with a .300 Winchester magnum
just to watch him do a gymnastic
floor routine for me.
Though he rushed the double
somersault and his missing
limbs faulted the landing,
he still scored a 5.4 from my table.
Mostly because of his effort,
mostly because of his timing,
but most of all, because he
showed a certain personality most
gymnast rabbits with no limbs lack.
I once asked an old friend of mine if
one of these limbless gymnast
rabbits ever ran for office
would he win. And my friend
replied, “Well…well, if they’ll
elect a jackass like Carter,
I-I’ll reckon anything’s possible.”
Copyright © Jason Huskey, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
with a .300 Winchester magnum
just to watch him do a gymnastic
floor routine for me.
Though he rushed the double
somersault and his missing
limbs faulted the landing,
he still scored a 5.4 from my table.
Mostly because of his effort,
mostly because of his timing,
but most of all, because he
showed a certain personality most
gymnast rabbits with no limbs lack.
I once asked an old friend of mine if
one of these limbless gymnast
rabbits ever ran for office
would he win. And my friend
replied, “Well…well, if they’ll
elect a jackass like Carter,
I-I’ll reckon anything’s possible.”
Copyright © Jason Huskey, 2005. All Rights Reserved.