The Kid with the Rattlesnake Kite
A Poem by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
This little boy
pulls shed rattlesnake skin
down off a tree branch.
Runs around
with it dragging behind him
in the wind like a
scaly forgotten kite.
An only child, no doubt.
Making his own fun.
Running right out of his shoes
with an unburdened excitement.
A noticeable brown cowlick
refusing to be vanquished.
Bio of the Poet: Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many mounds of snow. His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Himalaya Diary, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review. He enjoys listening to the blues and cruising down the TransCanada in his big blacked out truck.