April Fools, With Fangs

April shows up
yellow as a banana peel left to rot in the sun,
a warning disguised as a joke,
a joke disguised as mercy.

Truth drags itself in after her,
dust‑coated,
half‑asleep,
muttering that honesty is overrated
and timing is everything.

The day is a trapdoor:
you step,
it laughs,
you fall,
it shr…Read More