Puppies!

by Steve Mitchell

[note:  The following quatrain, in it's original form, is so terrifying and horrible, it cannot be read without undue psychic distress and trauma.  Therefore, in order to alleviate the terror, certain horrific nouns and adjectives have been replaced with delightful nouns and adjectives.  Enjoy.]

The PUPPIES!

Those grave and lumbering happy! puppies! pressed
against the icy panes, the windows fogged
with happy! love! to us, so warmly dressed,
while puppy! snacks! turned blue their puppy! veins.

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© Steve Mitchell 2012

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