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Uncertainty
Robert Bullard

He catches himself
thinking about food
when he should
be hunting. His
eye wobbles for
a second trying
to catch up.
This is a
clay shoot, though,
where life isn’t
taken. Bragging rights.
Scores to keep.
Someone yells pull,
and he misses
his chance.

—
Robert Bullard lives and writes in Montgomery, Alabama. He earned an MA TESOL at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work has appeared on the Alabama Writer’s Forum website, in Birmingham Arts Journal, and elsewhere.

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