Separation by Emily Kedar

September 14, 2023
Poem title: Separation Poet name: Emily Kedar Poem: The first sin is refusal – Jan Zwicky There’s a kill-site in the snow above the river: prints where wing tips brushed powder only once, where their tracks frame red specked tufts of fur. Something’s been done here I need to recognize. Later, my dog brings me the head of a rabbit with no face, sits at my feet, proud. The wires behind where the rabbit’s eyes should be reach out looking for their soft wet cups. For days now, I’ve pushed my spine against what’s coming between you and me, forced the hard edge of that conversation closed. Bright blood on white snow. You’ve been eyeing me, across the table, on the couch, wondering when it will come. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Emily Kedar Previously published in Swing, Issue 1, summer 2023. Emily Kedar is a writer, poet and therapist living Ontario, Canada. Her work has most recently been featured in The Maynard, Living Hyphen and The Loch Raven Review and is forthcoming in The Avalon Review. She is a merit scholar and MFA canditate at Pacific University.