by Rickey Rivers Jr.
The lurking beast or man lumbers
Recognize the eyes are on you
“Leave giants alone”
A worthwhile warning
Roaming, groaning, a face full of hair
Beware all who trek through his kingdom.
Bipedal, relation not to man
Instead to mammoth
Some question extinction
As a tree when hiding
The wind through hair like leaves
Children handprint footsteps
For a picture, men thieve.
Rickey Rivers Jr was born and raised in Alabama. He is a Best of the Net nominated writer and cancer survivor. His work has appeared in Brave Voices, Sage Cigarettes and Hell Hued Zine (among other publications). Interactive fiction available at rrj.itch.io/notable-neighborhood-garbage. On Twitter at @storiesyoumight. Mini chapbooks are available at payhip.com/StoriesYouMightLike.
