a haiku sequence
When the rabbit screams
I do not intervene. Who
am I? Nobody—
one body. Two ears
that hear. Eyes that see the gorged
moon, the bloody grass.
The cries haunt. I did
nothing. Where is God? Right here,
still as a dry stream.
Nearby, a sated
belly sleeps. I wait for rain
to flood the stained earth.
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Ann Weil’s poetry appears in Best New Poets 2024, Pedestal Magazine, RHINO, Chestnut Review, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. Weil is the author of Lifecycle of a Beautiful Woman (Yellow Arrow Publishing, 2023) and Blue Dog Road Trip (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2024). A four-time Pushcart nominee, Weil lives in Michigan.