Yard 1, Goodness of God: Goose-egg

 

 

            I always used to yell at the dog because

            She left her balls in the tall grass

            And I would mow them and it would

            Scare the shit out of me.

 

            My dog choked to death on her own

            Kidney toxins and died in

            Extraordinary pain.

 

            She’s been dead for two months.

 

            I ran over a ball again today

            And just fell to my knees and wept.

 

            Shit like that,

            Shit like that just shouldn’t happen.