Jack
Placed 7th Premier Contest
sponsor : Rob Carmack
Sept. 2025
a scrawny piece of fluff
who pissed in the passage
not knowing whether you were
dog or baby boy
we rushed for a mop
your antibiotics were counted in
grains on the glass table with a needle
when you were not really very ill
just a mild runny tummy from
tasting a garden frog
then you curled between legs
below steering wheel waiting for
your treat from the mall
your growing spine stroked in
harmony with the road
you pressed your little nose to a
low window mistakenly locked
outside as you waited for
potato chips still not knowing
that you were not human
replacing empty spaces covering
cushions with smelly hair you grew
as quickly as a beanstalk
sturdy stocky soothing our aching
hearts for what was lost
paintbrushes and canvasses
with a cupboard full of clothes
was replaced with new
companionship, your love tightly
packed with territorial strength
we delightfully proud when you won
the ‘Pitbull Pedigree of the Year’
but you were prouder when your
Jill birthed six beautiful pups
your primordial blood oozing fulfillment
now your muscular agility
St. Michael loyal almond eyes
powerful jaws and outgoing
personality gives us mint
marjoram parsley abundance
in doggy humour and gratitude for
an experience of merging with tenacity
we taste your commanding ______love
in our herb smoothies ~
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