Monday, April 27, 2020

she loved her horse more

she loved

her horse more than she loved
me.

the dog
too.

a long list of siblings
and relatives,

parents, even in laws,
now
on the outs

were higher in the food chain.

in time I realized how far
down

on the totem pole of her life
I was.

carved in at the bottom,
a niche

made with an axe.
a small

dent banged into the wood,
an insignificant

bruise.

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