THE GOOSE
For the Goose, the world is its toilet. It shits on dirt, on grass, on pavement. It shits on lakes, rivers, oceans, glaciers. It shits on mountains, shits in valleys. It shits on ancient, majestic cathedrals that took men decades to build. It shits on mud huts and tar paper shacks. It shits on chateaus and McMansions alike. On cars. On boats. It shits on battlefields and peace rallies, international coups, inaugurations, coronations, state fairs, and baseball games. None of this makes The Goose happy, not really. What he really, really wants to do, more than anything else in this wide world, as far as his wings can carry him, is shit on your face.
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ABOUT THE POET
Anthony Neil Smith is a novelist (Slow Bear, The Drummer, Yellow Medicine, many more), short story writer (HAD, Bull, Cowboy Jamboree, Maudlin House, The Gorko Gazette, Reckon Review, The
Hooghly Review, many more), and professor (Southwest Minnesota State University). One of his pieces was chosen for Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023. He was previously an associate editor with Mississippi Review Web, and is now editor of Revolution John. He likes Mexican food, cheap wine, Italian exploitation flicks, and French noir.
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