animals

Quimbamba by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, translated by Lawrence Schimel

I. The plain truth is that was the bitch’s name: Quimbamba. My brother showed up…

Tlaquaches

  i. I don’t recall the first time I saw a tlaquache, an opossum, though…

What Lies Beneath

  Today I am elbow deep in some animal’s belly pulling out the heart and…

i watch papa bury our dog in a grave the size of a pond

  mauve, sprigs of oleander— ceilings shedding water stains in shapes of crooked eyes—my jaws…

Sham Hardy
Small Animal, Big Animal

1. One of my favorite cartoon characters as a little girl, was Chilly Willy. In…