the night of the marshmallow-mouth raccoons
I don’t
recall
who told
me the
story
lots of
people
tell me
stories
about
raccoons
but this story
sticks with
me still
some guy
and his
friend
stuck on
a roof
with only
store-bought
s’mores
and hangry
raccoons
at the
bottom
of their
ladder
This poem appears in some of the raccoon poems (above/ground press, 2022).
Poetry
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November 17,
2022
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Chris Johnson
(he/they) is a bi, settler poet from Scarborough, ON, currently living on unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. He is the Managing Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine, a board member for the Ottawa Arts Council, and a member of the creative collective VII. some of the raccoon poems is Chris' second chapbook with above/ground press.