Dogs Bark
She stands at the barbed-wire fence
Her chest heaves up and down
Her picture is taken ~ dogs bark
They are ferocious
The gate in the middle creaks open
admitting her
It slams shut behind her
~ She jumps
The gleaming metal detector
looms before her
She passes through unscathed
Eerie quiet ~ her flesh crawls...
Five girls in all escorted
through the narrow corridor
Footsteps catch in hearts
~ "We are the doomed"
A giant latchkey
inserted into the keyhole...
We are shoved, gasping
into the room
"Welcome to kinder-garten"
intones metallically
I hear dogs bark...I whimper
~ There are no dogs
Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2018
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