Dogs
By Mitchell Krockmalinik Grabois
Shove a juicy bone
into the mouth of the barking dog
He has no right to disturb my peace
but why be mad about it?
He’s just being what he is
an attenuated descendent
of a snarling wolf
just as we are attenuated descendants
of snarling apes
who beat their chests
and whose savagery
eventually generated
HIV/AIDS
Why did I ever end up with a woman
who adores pets?
She went through a cat phase
then a ferret phase
(This rodent hid out under a pile of sawdust
in a terrarium
and when she screamed its name
it popped its head out
and she collapsed in gales of laughter)
That’s when I should have left her
but I’m lazy
and a masochist
and I know how lonely I get
when I’m alone
and I’m not the most attractive man in the world
and, for some reason, Viagra doesn’t work for me
so now it’s dogs
About Author:
Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois has had over twelve-hundred of his poems and fictions appear in literary magazines in the U.S. and abroad. He has been nominated for numerous prizes. His novel, Two-Headed Dog, based on his work as a clinical psychologist in a state hospital, is available for Kindle and Nook, or as a print edition. To see more of his work, google Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois. He lives in Denver.
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