By the Door the Dog Stands

by the door the dog stands
looking inside saliva rolling
then came a missile bone

one eye went off
left ear cut in pieces
but the dog stands there

hoping one day the master
would surrender a bone in peace
or even in chaos
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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