grubby brown land half-moon like a splash of milk punctuation in the darkest of darks
and the dog is barking mustard-bearded with its earbud leg and chalky eye eying a bird
red-tailed bottle above the ladder to nowhere or black everywhere
a place a dog still howls at the nonchalant moon night-time's noiseless citizen
Written: August 2024. Explanation: A poem written in my own time. Feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page. This piece is inspired by Joan Mirรณ's 1926 painting 'Dog Barking at the Moon.'