you and your dog toto too
you are sitting on your balcony
drinking your evening beer
you see a blur pass before your eyes
the blur is the exact size of a small dog
the exact size of a small dog
falling at the speed
a dog would fall
thrown from an eleventh floor window
you are unsure of what you've seen
but you have the beer and
the evening is just beginning
minutes later there is another blur
it is bigger and more vocal
you think you may even recognize
the woman who is falling
you have seen her before
what happened is:
a married couple fighting
they have a dog
she likes and he doesn't
they are drinking
the dog shits on the floor
and in a drunken rage
he throws it out the window
she replies teeth bared, red tipped fingers slashing
so he throws her out the window too
as she is falling past your balcony
you hear her screaming
and recognize her from the elevator
she is the woman who always has
the dog in her arms
she always has the dog in her arms
and talks to it like a lover
Copyright© michael dennis/Pulp Press Book Publishers 1988