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

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Jan Allison

Date: 5/25/2018 11:19:00 AM

The imagery gave me chills, made me think of concentration camps during the war Gershon:-(hugs Jan xx

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/25/2018 1:23:00 PM

Brrrrrrrrrrrr----oops; wrong kind of chills, I guess. Well, it was supposed to have a chilling effect, so I'm 'happy' this affected you that way. Thanks, always, for your support, Jan!...Back on vacation again through morning of May 29... Ciao! Gershon

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/25/2018 1:51:00 AM

Had visions of a third world country prison,a hell hole. Great write Gershon. Hope you had a good break. Tom.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/25/2018 1:24:00 PM

---Then the poem had the desired effect, I guess. Thank you, Tom, as always for your support,...and I'll be back on vacation again through May 28. Best wishes, Gershon

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 5/24/2018 10:34:00 PM

I love the uncomfortable. Good little under the skin poem. xomo!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/25/2018 12:03:00 AM

'Tis a bit on the 'creepy-crawly' side, isn't it? ---Sounds like this one worked alright...Thanks, Mo!! :) gw