Skye Terriers

The town's a whistle-stop, but there’s good pie
at Sally’s Diner, clean rooms at The Inn.
They're cheap, because they have no ocean views
and unlike most hotels, they let pets stay.
That’s where the trainer with the dogs from Skye
spent most of summer, sucking down the gin.
I heard he meant to sell, but couldn’t choose
which well-loved terrier to send away.

Sally says it’s hard to meet expenses,
shuffles stacks of bills, relentless paper
staring out the window at the fogs.
“Rainy weather’s bad for tourist business,
no one visits beaches in November.
—Look, there goes the fella with the dogs.”

--for Poefusion


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