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Opening Day
Joseph Danoski
The autumn of his calling, and the mighty
Hunter’s gone;
With his gun to wake the sun,
And a shot to crack the dawn.
Like the early bird with his worm secured,
He’s up and away, opening day,
To shatter the calm.
The great warrior-ascendant,
Sent with the screams,
To shake and awaken the dead
From their dreams.
He’s got a beat up pickup that seats six
To the pack,
And a new bed for the buck
With the seven-point rack.
The midnight moon’s just setting
In the red-eyed dawn;
The stars of the dogs and the sign
Of the fawn.
The city in the distance, its fleshpots
On the breeze;
He knows pigs are just sheep
To the king of the sleaze.
Knows where to stalk wild turkey
And the golden goose;
Elusive girl of his dreams
Still on the loose.
His senses are keen now to the feel
of the steel;
The heart of the hunter on the heat
Of her heel.
With the wolf in his eyes on the whites
Of her tail;
He’s running on instinct down
That mountain trail.
It’s the smell of the powder and the cut
To the chase.
It’s the thrill of the hunt and the look
On her face.
Loaded and ready, hands holding steady,
And Bang! rabbits scatter, his shotgun
Shattering the calm.
Joseph V. Danoski is a writer of letters
and essays on diverse subjects, with strong opinions on many topics. A poet of horror,
science fiction, and fantasy; he has been published
in journals and webzines both in the US and abroad. Various publications include
Scavenger’s Newsletter, Pegasus, Red Owl, The Ultimate Unknown, Penny Dreadful,
Pivot, Psychopoetica (UK), The Nocturnal Lyric, The Quest (India) The Aurorean, The Mentor
& Masque Noir (Australia), Twilight Ending, Talvipaivanseisaus (Finland), The Romantics
Quarterly, Hadrosaur Tales, Endemoniada, Northern Stars Magazine, Taj Mahal
Review (India), The NeoVictorian, The Eclectic Muse (Canada), Frisson, Black
Petals, Outer darkness, Yellow Mama, Sanitarium Magazine, A Year of Sundays
2023, and The Horror Zine. Other activities
include being a multi-instrumentalist, songwriting, and recording original
music. Joseph currently resides in Berlin, New Hampshire. Dojonaki05@Gmail.Com
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