Stand by Sharon Denmark

Stand

Someone put a deer stand on the clear cut’s
edge, facing a field of rutted red mud
and torn, bent saplings. In the winter distance
another purple-gray line of forest
is left standing. Cloven hooves make their way
through this new game of pick up sticks. “The hunting
of deer or bear with a gun, firearm, or other weapon
with the aid or assistance of dogs
on Sunday is prohibited,” as though
there’s enough bloodshed bound on onion skin pages
to sustain us through that day.

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Sharon Denmark is an artist and writer from Virginia. Most recently, her work has appeared in FERAL. During the day she can be found sorting through life’s leftovers.