Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Red Dog Pack

Fire is a pack of red dogs

racing through dry grass. Spark-yellow eyes

and snarling breath. Their tails wave

black against the sky.

 

Fire is a red dog pack

tearing through underbrush, chewing at trees.

The red dogs swallow forests,

spit ash and splinters.

 

Fire is the midnight howl

that wakes you from dreaming about rain,

that’s not a train and not coyotes.

Red dogs on the hunt.

 

Books Available
Dervish Lions
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Country Well-Known as an Old Nightmare's Stable
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