Juan Pablo Mobili

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The Rabbit's Diary

My mother always said
I did not have
the fortitude to live in burrows.

I came from a small town's
garden, where the highlight
was the gossiping of cardinals.

Although the business was cutthroat
the first time I was pulled
out of the top hatwas magic.

But now-it's-just-a-job
the pulling of the ears
has gotten old,

knowing
that the crowd
always cheers for someone else.

Juan Pablo Mobili was born in Buenos Aires, and adopted by New York. His poems appeared in The Spirit Fire Review, The American Journal of Poetry, The Worcester Review, The Banyan Review, Otoliths (Australia) and Impspired (UK), among many others. His work received an Honorable Mention from the International Human Rights Art Festival, and nominations for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net, in 2020 and 2021. His chapbook, "Contraband," was published this year.