Dining With Dysfunction
Mother asked her big brother to pass the sugar;
big brother ruined it by splashing on liquor;
father rued spilt liquor by throwing his jigger
that hit sister who lit an elbow hard slammer
straight into the hand of their rare guest and butcher;
butcher stood to secure a full-face slap on her;
slap missed, striking their napping, fat cat to a blurred
flying fur on shriek tour that dog crashed with claws bore;
clawed dog wailed and bailed, dragging tail out wee dog door
where he ran to distance pain until a looper
stopped his scooter – close by was one giant cougar;
too pooped to care, tired dog flopped right then and right there;
dog closed eyes, cougar cleared throat, then croaked, ‘Hey, Lassie,
are you insanely blind to cougar claw lugers?’;
dog moaned, ‘A quick cougar corker beats home murder.’
... CayCay
September 24, 2021
Copyright © Caycay Jennings | Year Posted 2021
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