Spiro Keats

  home improvement reinforcing the chicken legs Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/25/23

  juxtaposition the leaps of her lemur Originally published in Five Fleas , 11/6/22

  existence fingering the crumb of her kneecap falafel Originally published in dadakuku , 4/8/24

  free association fees Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/28/22

  morning coffee ~ my bluebird back from yonder Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/20/25

  postmortem . . . she never cared enough to haunt me now Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/20/25

  jailbreak the sparrow in your rearview mirror Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/13/23

  dashes hopes the end of her ellipses Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/4/22

  self-preservation muting the barrel-aged bluebird Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/21/22

  ink splatter mistaking the plume for the last train home Originally published in Kingfisher #8

  tweezers : grasping for reality Originally published in smols , 10/15/25

  short straws appointing my successor Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/28/23

  roadkill vultures at my funeral Originally published in Five Fleas , 5/17/23

  journey cakes i save my best stories for the squirrels Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/25/23

  cradlesong not a bird on the bough Originally published in Medusa's Kitchen 

  guru worship i wash down my meds with a mantra Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/7/25

  the tattered thread count of inner linens Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/7/25

  caught within my kundabuffer bluebirds Originally published in Five Fleas , 10/7/25

  older now i see myself in the fallen blossom Originally published in Cold Moon Journal , 1/12/25

  i am therefore i am what pops from the pistachio shell Originally published in dadakuku , 6/21/23

  wishbones playing chicken til our luck runs out Originally published in Five Fleas , 4/13/23

  spare change a bounty on the head of her postage stamp Originally published in Five Fleas , 3/15/23

  penniless i become a proper wildflower Originally published in Five Fleas , 6/6/23

  shattered dreams a squeak from the sole of god's left boot Originally published in Five Fleas , 5/28/23

  the children we were crippled stars Originally published in Five Fleas , 6/6/23

  poached pears as though you, too, can blossom Originally published in Five Fleas , 3/15/23