Old Moon Face

That illuminated dust ball,
dough faced;
a pie with no filling.
and it seems to have the scent
of a long dead romance.

On the porch my spayed 
lays her head in my lap
ignoring the weak wolf calls
of an addled moon
and its piss-poor love songs.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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