The dog found a dead baby bird
Had it fully in his mouth
Softly
Holding it like his own
I pulled it out
Bones and all
The dog found a turtle shell at the lake
Teeth touching shell
Proud
The raccoon got to it
After she laid her eggs in a hole by the house
Our dog
cute and cuddly
imagined that he hollowed out that shell
My dad threw it in the marsh
Puppy found it again
Swamp mud up to his belly
Dropped it at my feet
Spine attached to the top in the inside
Rorschach painting on the bottom
Gruesome and beautiful
The dog found a dead mouse in the backyard
Had it fully in his mouth
Softly
Holding it like a prize
I threw it over the fence
He found it again on a walk
Turned around and there it was
Fully in his mouth
Tail hanging out
Like a snake tongue
I threw it away
But he still looks there