Joshua St. Claire

BUCK

already the buzzards 
lapping the buck’s blood

already soaking 
their featherless pates

my balding head 
slick

the press of my antlers 
pressing through 
the press of my wet fingers

Joshua St. Claire is a married father of three boys. He is a CPA and works as a financial controller for a small company. His poetry is published or forthcoming from Star*line, 100 Days 100 Scary Stories, and Wales Haiku Journal, among others.