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My Lord I saw a dog today, and she by Alex Mouw


 

My Lord I saw a dog today, and she
stood like a compass needle beside
her person—muscles tough as knotted
wood, thick grey fur, eyes shining. The harness

around belly and shoulders let the man
pull her from lunges at squirrels and finches,
the dark gurgling in her throat. She fell back
in line. Who bred the wolf out of her? Does

she know her incisors are sharp enough
to rip the throat of the man holding her back?
She knows nothing but dry food and his hands.
How pretty she looked with that blue leash. When

he let the line go slack, she turned to snap
at it like a wasp, caught his eye, turned back.

 

 

 


Alex Mouw‘s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Colorado Review, Southern Indiana Review, Tahoma Literary Review, poets.org, Southword, and elsewhere. He also writes nonfiction and was recently selected as runner-up in Ruminate Magazine‘s VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. 



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