Two Poems From Kelsey McCarson

#1 Dad


Make me like you. Make me see. Make me learned. Make me free.

Make me happy. Make me sad. Make me listen.

Make me, Dad.

Kill me slowly. Kill me clean. Kill me inside. Kill me mean.

Kill me hurry. Kill me now. Kill me right here.

Kill me foul.

Love me deadly. Love me slow. Love me subtly. Love me no.

Love me hardly. Love me rare. Love me never.

Love me bare.

Hate me surely. Hate me nice. Hate me simply. Hate me twice.

Hate me coldly. Hate me true. Hate me heartfelt.

Hate me, YOU.




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Papaw



Pappaw once told me

When he died

He wanted his hands to be nailed

Together above his head.

He wanted to be turned

Upside down and driven

into the ground

Like a nail.

No one mentioned this at the funeral.






Kelsey McCarson is a graduate of the University of Houston. He lives in Rosenberg, Texas with his loving wife Rachel. They raise guinea pigs and eat pizza regularly.