-
totally submerged
they laid side by side
three puppies of
different colors in a
shallow puddle
by a pasture
a bull with udders was
fixed halfway into
some fencing nearby
like no big deal
he was totally dark and
she did not labor
i lifted the brown one
he yawned and
looked at me with
black sleepy eyes
the middle grey and white one
was twitching partially under
the first, buried halfway
into sawdust
i left him
the third one had bands
of orange and red
around its little body
he was far too little
to pick up with
my fingers
they all just wanted
to lay still and sleep
in mysteriously
clear waters—
i woke...
"pups of a puddle"
© 2020 by Seranaea Jones
all rights reserved
written from a dream i had
in 2007, i still clearly remember
the imagery of it to-day