Kimberly Casey resides in Alabama. She is the founder and president of Out Loud Huntsville, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring community outreach through literary arts. She received her MFA from Pacific University. Her first full-length collection is Where the Water Begins, from Riot in Your Throat Press.
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Golden Hour
When you caught one to keep,
we took it home and I asked you to teach me.
You showed me how to spike the brain—
I thanked the fish, looked away, pressed down.
We bled it, shaved away the scales,
severed meat from bone.
I’m afraid...