to a dog lost

'to a dog lost'


In bleak light his flickering eyes

kick through the smoke

watchful legs appraise the carpet

of death beneath

my brain speaks the gibberish

of the kids back home

the taste of 'what if' a bubblegum

of thoughts in my mouth

his nose can hear the footsteps

of death

my ears can smell the warning

in his bark

hark hark

the explosion

within

a flame,a candle

what dog handler

could handle

hollowed by

a landmine

was a dog's

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