Burial and Retrieval: Poem
Baby, the subject of this poem, passed away on January 17th, 2013 at the age of thirteen and a half. Her death was peaceful, but the hole in my heart is still there. Love you baby Girl!
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It's her 12th birthday
so I give her a gift.
She grabs it and takes it.
She is black
and has the round body and billowy fur
of a Chow Chow
and the face and temperament
of a Labrador.
She wags her curled tail and
her nails tap a happy song across
the hardwood flooring to the backdoor.
She wants to bury it
in the backyard under
the tree where she
finds shade in summer
and shelter in winter.
She wants to keep it
hidden.
She waits and waits and
waits and waits and--
but the door never opens
and so
she tunnels under
my bed and buries it there
and flops down and sighs
exhausted and satisfied
in the hallway.
When she comes back in the room she finds it--
a treasure long lost.
A treasure long forgotten.
She wags her tail
and now I hear her
in the living room
chomping on it happily.
all rights reserved. copyright Justin W. Price 2011
Thanks for Reading.
A FREELANCE WRITER, HONORS STUDENT AND GOVER PRIZE FINALIST, JUSTIN W. PRICE (AKA, PDXKARAOKEGUY)IS A POET, SHORT STORY, BIOGRAPHY AND HUMOR WRITER. HIS POETRY COLLECTION, DIGGING TO CHINA, WAS RELEASED FEBRUARY 2ND, 2013 BY SWEATSHOPPE PUBLICATIONS AND IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM, BARNES AND NOBLE AND THROUGH YOUR LOCAL BOOKSELLER.
HIS WORK WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN BEST NEW FICTION (2014 EDITION), AND HAS APPEARED PREVIOUSLY IN THE RUSTY NAIL, EFICTION, THE CRISIS CHRONICLES, THE HELLROARING REVIEW, BURNINGWORD, SEE SPOT RUN AND THE BELLWETHER REVIEW. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS MANAGING EDITOR OF EPOETRY MAGAZINE AND THE BRIDGE ONLINE NEWSPAPER.
HE WORKS AS A FREELANCE WRITER, EDITOR, AND GHOST WRITER, AND IS WORKING TOWARDS HIS PH.D. HE LIVES IN A SUBURB OF PORTLAND, OREGON WITH HIS WIFE, ANDREA, THEIR LABRADOODLE, BELLA, SCHNOODLE, SAUVEE AND BLACK MOOR GOLDFISH, HOWARD WOLOWITZ.
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