Dog Heartbreak Poems

When he finally 
Gets around
To picking up 
The pieces 
Of his heart,
He realizes
That he still
Needs some glue
To put things
Back together again
And then
He looks around
And sees...

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How thoroughly you wreck me
With the taste of hope, I can't resist
That you may actually perceive my existence
As if you haven't already taken more chances...

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I walked along, hand in hand
Strolling towards the trees. 
I was happy, had no care, 
Just the dog, my mother, and me.

I ran my hands,...

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They worked at the same place,
A place of no space,
Always running into each other they did,
Bottled crushes, with a tight lid,
Asked out, 
Joy shout,
Lovely first...

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Before I knew the day, the time
He’d die, 
I came home to him,
My little smile, knowing he’d
Be there, he was always there
Always aware I was...

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"Books and boys have enmity my girl”
Generations of women said to me,
Old is gold
But I missed a step, tripped over my books and fell hard...

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There he sits that monstrous hypocrite. There he dwells as I wash these dishes, his dishes. There he slouches, watching his games, his news, his...

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The alarm went off at 3 am 
I brushed my teeth 
Hugged my dog
Went to shower 
Hugged my dog 
We finally made it 
My dog...

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I am angry.
I am angry at him,
I am angry at me,
I am angry at everything I let this be.

I am exhausted.
I am exhausted at me,
I...

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Tiny Life

The branch broke, 
the limb fell, 
and the world changed. 

Small sounds inside, 
crying, "chirping for mom".
Yet, she will not come. 
There is no...

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I'm ready if you are.
Steadily walking past wekas, canoes, sailboats, motorboats, along concrete paths, down ash-felt slopes
Across intersecting car trails
Drawn only by the beckoning beach.

Feet...

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there's a little dog that's laughing
at a cow jumping the moon
and a cat playing a fiddle
on the wall of a bright room
where a mobile's hanging...

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Why crawl;
 when you can slither,
   Your motive and actions,
 you might reconsider.

   You portray you
 know what you're doing,
 ...

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'Hey J-Dog..!' alpha squad's boss, a real character, 
pointed an exaggerated finger at my chest..
Asked him 'yeah, what?' 
'Your shinin'...' - Looked down to see,...

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Preface preceding promiscuous philandering peccadillos
undermining energy and time not spent with missus
and mother of our precious progeny,
whereby, yours truly sought, (somewhat assertively, modestly,
and zestfully) to...

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