The road kill comes out
every year the week before
Mother’s Day—swollen armadillos
in gray-white near perfection as if
not even harmed (but slightly)
save the dark and the headlights.
April Christiansen’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Cincinnati Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Inflectionist Review, Natural Bridge, Passages North, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas and lives in southern Oregon with her husband, dog, and two cats.