we lived in this little house trailer
he said
must’ve been three times
as long as it was wide
and so unlevel
used to toss marbles down
and they’d roll all the back
under my bed
and one day we had this water leak
sure enough
it was two feet deep back there
mom was hysterical about
what were we gonna do
until dad went out to the car
got his .38 out
shot a hole through my bedroom floor
dry by morning