Jack

 
Placed 7th Premier Contest 
sponsor : Rob Carmack
Sept. 2025

a scrawny piece of fluff
who pissed in the passage 
not knowing whether you were 
dog or baby boy
we rushed for a mop
               your antibiotics were counted in 
               grains on the glass table with a needle
               when you were not really very ill
               just a mild runny tummy from
               tasting a garden frog

then you curled between legs 
below steering wheel waiting for 
your treat from the mall
your growing spine stroked in 
harmony with the road
               you pressed your little nose to a 
               low window mistakenly locked 
               outside as you waited for 
               potato chips still not knowing 
               that you were not human 

replacing empty spaces covering 
cushions with smelly hair you grew
as quickly as a beanstalk
sturdy stocky soothing our aching 
hearts for what was lost
               paintbrushes and canvasses
               with a cupboard full of clothes
               was replaced with new
               companionship, your love tightly 
               packed with territorial strength

we delightfully proud when you won 
the ‘Pitbull Pedigree of the Year’
but you were prouder when your
Jill birthed six beautiful pups
your primordial blood oozing fulfillment
              now your muscular agility
              St. Michael loyal almond eyes
              powerful jaws and outgoing 
              personality gives us mint
              marjoram parsley abundance 

in doggy humour and gratitude for 
an experience of merging with tenacity 
we taste your commanding ______love 
in our herb smoothies ~

best friendchangecharacterdogfree verse

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