Tag: drama

• I’d forgotten how much I felt 
  for him pushed from bad to bad snagged 
  by drama he can’t comprehend 
  attacks he won’t defend against 
  running to the old house the first 
  
  time he escapes, the garland for 
  his dusty fur from the gentle
  girl of sorrows also to be
  crushed beneath the wheels of children 
  
  tossed away and won’t live with the 
  wound and a clear night a forced march
  and fireworks and more and finally all
  
  alone, sniff the open air, bright 
  sun, new friends, and no more burdens 

  March 13, 2026

  air, Balthazar, burdens, children, drama, fireworks, friends, fur, garland, old house, sun, wheels

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