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Depression Meets Dog

By Aaron Suranofsky

Everyday I live, I feel like this ditch puddle 
frog-fart boiling
on a dirt trails grass-patched armpit.

Turtle-shitish moss scums 
the sun x-rayed skin,
like blehhing in bed, blanket-tied, stank greenhouse of myself.

Mosquito eggs breed the pool’s heart
pumping a mindless squirm;
like getting up, parasitized by the instinct to survive.

Algae ulcers the muck stomach lining
from a diet of rotted remains and sporadic rain,
like routining my day gassed with animal crackers, caffeine, and breath.

Brown pubic weeds float
greased with newt piss and moist death,
like "When was my last shower?" And "I'll just wear that again."

Until it’s bombed open–
brown dog named Brook;

Rolling the scunged skin clear,
beating paws to the slimy heart,
feeding it with barking excitement,
trimming the grease weasel grass at the roots.

Unstagnating everything,
paddling splashfuls of life
with momentum

But I don’t look forward
to washing her when we get home.
You Gotta Kiss a Lot of Frogs by Pat Frantz Cercone

Filed Under: Nature and the Environment Feature

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