Bull’s Eye

The look on his face
when she said she was leaving
was the same as the look on the face
of the human cannonball
when he burst out the muzzle of the barrel
and realized
that the net
was in the wrong spot.

~ Carla Maj-Pfleger

Carla Maj-Pfleger is a teacher and writer from St Albert, Alberta. She shares her love of Canadian LIterature with her children who in turn share everything from Geronimo Stilton to The Hunger Games with her. She has previously been published on blueskiespoetry.ca and more recently, Room Magazine’s issue on Spirituality.

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