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A Tragical Tale

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Eric Ashford
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A Tragical Tale

Post by Eric Ashford » Wed May 25, 2022 12:25 pm

She has a fever.
I leave her dozing fitfully on the veranda.

Halfway to the woods there is a farm gate
where she often squats to piss.
The tough grass is brown, but still thrives,
adapted as it is to a uric rain.

‘Paris’ the giant poodle is here,
his nose a rapier sniffing past and present.
Several dogs from good families arrive
to vie with each other, many pursue
the heady aroma of a ‘wherefore art thou.’

Tragically, Romeo (a bulldog neutered last week),
today plays alone with his squeaky bone.
Back home, Juliet circles my boots,
her nose searching out his wayward scent.

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Colm Roe
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Re: A Tragical Tale

Post by Colm Roe » Wed May 25, 2022 6:45 pm

That's a damn good dog poem, Eric.
Wonderfully inventive,
Tragically, Romeo (a bulldog neutered last week),
today plays alone with his squeaky bone

particularly so.
Kudos.

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Eric Ashford
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Re: A Tragical Tale

Post by Eric Ashford » Sun May 29, 2022 2:40 pm

Thank you Calm Rose please that you enjoyed it.

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