T H E E N D C O M M U N E

A LOST, ABANDONED, LONELY DOG

i am a lost, abandoned, lonely dog

emaciated

on the bridge of Overtoun

weeping,

the bringer of pestilence, my sobriquet---

i feel aloof

like the

ghosts

of traumatized children

floating in the rectories of pedophile vicars,

mutilated post-mortally

as to not rise again...