roadkill years, by Abbie Hart

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

roadkill years is the possum waddling in front of your car, the green glint of a deer’s eyes picked up in your headlights, and forever sleeping armadillos on the shoulder. It is a remembrance of every time Abbie Hart’s parents murmured “sleeping” to her as they passed long-forgotten roadkill off of I-45 on the way to Galveston, Texas. It is about recognizing that you are roadkill, that you have always been roadkill, and that quite frankly, everything becomes roadkill.

This chapbook is comprised of 23 poems that will make you want to unzip your skin, but like, in a fun way. roadkill years will help you see that Abbie Hart is laying behind your car, waiting for you to back over her. Abbie Hart is softly asking you, is there Cinnamon Toast Crunch in heaven? Abbie Hart is clawing at herself like only an animal knows how. It’s time.

Abbie Hart is a diehard possum defender from southeast Texas. She has been published over 40 times and is the editor-in-chief for the Literary Forest Poetry Magazine. In her spare time, she learns useless skills and loves everything too much. roadkill years is her second chapbook; her first chapbook, head is a home, was released by Bottlecap Press in August 2023. Her website is abbiemhart.wordpress.com, and her Instagram is @abbiemhart.