I want a velcro horsedog!
I announced to the virus.
The biggest, boldest female ya got,
I told the human.
Now you walk
To where I stand.
Lay
Where I sit.
Nudge me to perilous ledges
Where we sleep.
Now you huff
At shadows I can’t see.
Snort at ghosts I dare not name.
Haul me from the mire,
Then bury your face in my ribs.
You, my tether.
You, my dare.
You, the velcro horsedog
I never deserved—
But somehow summoned anyway.
