Sunday, September 2, 2012

Heartworms


We always thought he was a hound—
Sniffing about,
Hunching our legs,
The incessant howling at the moon,
And leg hiking on the fern.
But he told us today,
As he licked his bowl
In the break room,
He’s been diagnosed with
Heartworms.
So, now we know.

-jenn long

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