Black Dog

A black dog has
           chewed the string of my heels,
           followed my eyes,
           heavy with dark corners

pushed me over the fence,
           down the path
           broken with stones,
           cruel with gravel

and chased me into
           the shallows
           where I hit the tide
           with the flat of my hand.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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