Arsenic Lobster poetry journal |
Issue Forty-three April 2017 |
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Dog Flowers Darcy Smith What dog nips my heels tears at my pant leg won’t stop Won’t stop the gush of flesh torn too fast to see To see the dog he lurks behind the broken fence Broken I can’t bring her back can’t outrun this dog can’t mend Can’t mend the missing can’t call the barking dog off can’t bring her home Can’t brush her hair why bother with fresh cut flowers everywhere? Flowers cut, can’t mend can’t tuck back time, this cut will fester past forever Past the forever barking past flowers swimming the dog nips deeper The dog won’t stop flowers in every room smell too strong Too strong, can’t fight this dog. Can’t fight for her, for broken dreams, her flowers Her flowers have fallen can’t throw them out don’t touch the petals The petals have dried swimming petals barking flooding, don’t you see? Don’t you see the dog? Cut flowers fester don’t touch her Don’t move her petals the smells too strong don’t touch her Don’t throw her out her barking flowers flood the room. |
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