sheena blackhall (18/8/1947 / Aberdeen)
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Asian Dog
Wearing its insides out like a bag of grapes
Wearing its heart on its sleeve like a pork chop
A flea-bitten dog is trotting along the road
A waistband of flies is circling its slit pelt
Better to keep busy till it drops.
sheena blackhall
Submitted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Poems by sheena blackhall : 23 / 443
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