Restless
the washer water
is rising to the line
the giant hands
that turn time
have cut into
the pie face
and taken
a generous slice
the dog
relieved himself
on the fern
and thought
it was funny
and that was
before coffee
and Myrtle the turtle
didn’t make it
her tiny funeral
last month
reminded me of
Spidy the cat
who went out
for a walk
and never came back
his elf bell collar
a warning to birds
was found in the forest
and whatever got him
wasn’t wearing a bell
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