Mountain Dog
A dull boy on a walkabout sees stranger fauna
than back down home - menacing dark souls
and big wild dogs that lurk in biblical fog
and powerful ladies menacing and solid
The lax boy meets the bright girl in the fog
as a mountain dog on a crag barks resolutely
When the boy kisses the bright lass in the mist
she decks him with her quick hard right fist
The punching teen leaves him alone to perish
but steadily he wakes as the dog licks his face
whimpers and paws in the moonless darkness
He shambles down the path at the dog’s lead
He thinks Tennessee is just a microdot away
drawls slowly in down-mountain canine mentality
The holy boy, his mind doubled by events
like a horse is wary of his legs on slippery tile
Long exertion deposits him upon a boulder
with dog at his feet waiting for his recovery
till slowly sun dawns on broken jaw pain
and his spirit guide leads him to deliverance
