As I leaned to retrieve
my property
he leaped with all his weight
so that I felt
the wind of his jaws
as his teeth gnashed
before my mouth.
Isn't he awful! said
the woman, his collar
straining under her clutch.
Yes, I replied drily
wanting to eviscerate
the thing there, scoop
out his brains
and eat them-and hers
too! Until it flashed
on me, How many, like
this dog, could I not wish
had been here in my
place, only a little closer!
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