finding something to give meaning
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🔫 bullet holes
by Ken Kakareka
my friend
got mad
at me
for something
i wrote
about him.
maybe
i am
a bastard.
but i
will not
give up
something
i love
that fills
me
in a
world
where
bullet holes
riddle us
constantly
and
make us
feel empty.
Ken Kakareka is an American writer of works of fiction and nonfiction, such as BULLSHIT (Anxiety Press, 2024) and Summer of Irresponsibility (Alien Buddha Press, 2023). His novella PARIS IN ALL ITS GLORY is on its way. Ken is a Best of the Net nominee (2025). His work has appeared or is on its way in numerous rags including Gargoyle Magazine, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, The Disappointed Housewife and New Pop Lit. A list of selected publications can be found at kenkakareka.com.
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