Tuesday, June 21, 2016

long gone

the collars
on the hook
indicate
dogs gone. long gone.
tags, still
on, the little brass name
plates dulled
over time.
their leashes too,
hang free.
a dog dish, one
for water, one for food,
both bone
dry, on a shelf
now,
unreached.
a rubber ball, a shoe once
chewed,
a bed,
rounded and soft,
still
with the hair
they shed.


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