Black Humour

Black Humour

The day tragedy struck, a misfortune that also held in 
It´s  grasp a tendency to giggle, a black sort of humour
when laughter threatens to replace sorrow.
 My little cabin is built on a slope therefore every room
has a different level, two steps up three steps down and
so on. I used take in dogs for owners who didn’t want 
them in a kennel but leave them in cosy a family setting.
One day I got a blind dog, but after a couple of days it
quickly learned where the steps were. Two weeks later
the lady called she was picking up her bundle of joy, and
the dog barked into the phone; smile and happiness.
When the dog heard the car stop it was in the kitchen
it raced into the hall forgetting the steps- three of them-
it fell awkwardly broke its neck and died.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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