how he became a writer By Keith Pearson

wild rabbits lived under the old tool shed

that leaned on the back of the family barn.

inside he found a rusted bucket of unused words.

when he showed his grandpa the treasure 

he'd found

the old man raised up the twenty gauge 

from his lap

and said i knew i shoulda kept that damn

shed locked.

keith pearson was born and raised in new hampshire and works at a local high school in the math department.