My First Rodeo
︎︎︎ Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya
︎ FEB 9, 2022
Theme and acreage.
Fireworks for sale.
Buy one, get five free.
The clown announces
a missing child.
“He’s wearing little
boots. He’s wearing
a little hat.” Meanwhile
Jen eats her prize cow.
Conquer and divide.
Conquer and divide.
I found this house
in the country. A puzzle
depicts a campfire
above the gas stove.
I take off my little boots.
I take off my little hat.
The poodle licks
the blood from his anus
and tries to kiss me;
The salmon drowns
the eagle. Alexa!
Play the video
of the preacher bit
by his own snake.
Alexa! Play it again!
Fireworks for sale.
Buy one, get five free.
The clown announces
a missing child.
“He’s wearing little
boots. He’s wearing
a little hat.” Meanwhile
Jen eats her prize cow.
Conquer and divide.
Conquer and divide.
I found this house
in the country. A puzzle
depicts a campfire
above the gas stove.
I take off my little boots.
I take off my little hat.
The poodle licks
the blood from his anus
and tries to kiss me;
The salmon drowns
the eagle. Alexa!
Play the video
of the preacher bit
by his own snake.
Alexa! Play it again!
Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya is a first-generation Colombian-American living in Berkeley, California. He holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, where he was awarded an Advanced Opportunity Fellowship and the William W. Marr Graduate Scholarship Prize in Creative Writing. His work has appeared in Joyland and Triangle House Review. Say hi @RodrigoResMon.
Also by Rodrigo: Free Agency