Amanda Forrester
Blowback
I see your point
loaded
in my face
spring action, actionable
I see your point: how
in the old days, this is how it was done:
meet me in the street
with double barrels pointing
down, staring each other down
like “Bitch, what are you looking at?”
I see your pointedness
your sharp blindness
to change, to betterment
like there’s a three-day
waiting period—what more
do you need?
You’re so busy looking
behind you, in the rear
view mirror for that chip
on your shoulder that
you miss the blood.
Amanda Forrester’s creative work has appeared in the Sandhill Review. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and lives in Dade City, Florida.
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