—after the film by the same name
A dying bloodwood tree in the backyard needs
timbering, and my neighbor, Jimbo, the amateur
butcher, bullies his cuniculture...
Matt Zambito is the author of The Fantastic Congress of Oddities (Cherry Grove Collections), and two chapbooks, Guy Talk and Checks & Balances (Finishing Line Press). Other poems appear in Slipstream, Common Ground Review, Hiram Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Originally from Niagara Falls, he has lived in Ohio, Idaho, and Washington. He now writes from Wilson, New York.