A species apart, snaggle-toothed, speech full of spitty hisses. Horse-faced with a hangover, half out his mind. Gnarl-knuckled, forearms bark-thick with scabs. Laugh, a barking dog frenzied on a chain. …
- by Carmine StarninoCarmine Starnino Illustration by Nolan Pelletier, Updated 16:35, Apr. 13, 2020 | Published 7:00, Oct. 23, 2014This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Illustration by Nolan Pelletier
A species apart,
snaggle-toothed,
speech full of spitty hisses.
Horse-faced with a hangover,
half out his mind.
Gnarl-knuckled, forearms
bark-thick with scabs.
Laugh, a barking dog
frenzied on a chain.
Shredded ear, faint-lipped scar
dug into eyebrow.
Lined up his gear: rawhide gloves,
machete, scoped Remington.
Last I saw, he set out, full sun,
beneath red leaves,
which wind, reared up, soon
tore limb from limb.
Nolan Pelletier does artwork for The New Yorker, the Globe and Mail, and the New York Times.
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