The Dog Behind the Chain Link Fence
is poked with a broomstick
and teased by maddening
shoes that escape its bite.
people, both large and small
passing as hours go or don’t go.
it’s sat on a wet patch of ground,
chained to a fence, and pacing
like a tilting stroke. the dog
behind the chain link fence is
growling at the earth along
with everything else on earth.
Process notes: Mark out a sheet of paper into quarters. Make a doodle or squiggle in each square. Think monstrous, and then play with your doodle until it starts to look like something other than a squiggle. Associate words, speech, give it a settling, activity, mood. Now pull it all together and write. I used my iPad and pencil for this exercise because using paper seems too permanent for my shifty-all-over-the-place brain. ©Misky 2021
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