Texas-Louisiana Border Dive Bar
By Brett Hanley
“There’s a slot machine in the corner that speaks / in bible verses. A serpent loops itself around my ankle.”
Brett Hanley is a Poetry Editor for Southeast Review. She holds an MFA from McNeese State and is a PhD candidate at Florida State. Their work is forthcoming or has recently been published in Redivider, Gulf Coast, Ninth Letter, Puerto del Sol, THE BOILER, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She has received support from The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and American Poetry Journal recently published their debut chapbook, Defeat the Rest.
By Brett Hanley
“There’s a slot machine in the corner that speaks / in bible verses. A serpent loops itself around my ankle.”