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how to stop dog aggression (i saw you in my dream pt 1)

receding swollen gums
bare your ugly dog teeth
sharpened and glistening
and oh, so ready
bearing resemblance to
whipping of thin thistle
eager and yearning
restless urge to gnaw
someone please save me...

needles embed into my skin
it's something; not enough
in my bed of dog hair
he looks down
he still looks down on me
caging me in; restless lover
crying out, curling up
giving in so tenderly to him
looking down to show his smile

crumpled up in darkened dirt
caressing my hair, trailing
down; almost as if to pet
soiled jasmine flower
fur still shedding off onto me
wrapping us together, so softly
burying thistle deeper with teeth
telling me that i am pretty
i am still his pretty daughter

Written by drinkingflux

(mila throat)

Published 23rd May 2023

Author's Note

this poem is being posted a lot later than i was going to originally post it. i wrote the first version (unseen) a while back, and when i was reading it over to submit it, i noticed that it no longer met my standards. my style recently has begun to rapidly develop.
i put this one under "dark poems" simply because of the use of "morbid" within the category, apologizes if that is a mistake on my part. i'm still trying to figure out how to categorize my work.
the songs i listened to while rewriting this poem: woolworm by indian summer and blown-out joy from heaven's mercied hole by silver mt. zion.
and per suggestion, i will now be adding copyright info to my posts.
Copyright � 2023 by Mila Throat.