Some teeth down there
some hair and grey
gums

Some grass and dirt
down there some gristle
and whimpers

All stupid grinning death running around the yard making a little child cry from each
              busted grass blade

I had a dog
I had three dogs
I sit and stay

They did not disappear into
the trees one day

Their brains were not broken coral on the street

They were meat

*

Some grass and dirt
down there some teeth and
ruined carpets

I had a dog
I had three dogs
I fucked fleas

All stupid grinning death running around the yard making a little child cry from each
              busted grass blade

Some eyelashes
down there some eating grass
and mange some
baby’s breath

One day their brains were not broken
coral on the street

They did not disappear into the trees

*

Some sit and stay
down there some meat
and sunlight

Their brains were not
broken coral on the street they
did not disappear into
the trees

They did not fuck fleas

All stupid grinning death running around the yard making a little child cry from each
            busted grass blade

Some bones and baby’s breath down there
some bark and seizures

Distant watery eyes

One day I had a dog

I had three dogs