Fido

 

Christopher Hivner

 

 

 

switchbacks

tick tacks

give the dog a bone

 

give back

smokestack

take the dog home

 

gun rack

broke back

why is he growling

 

on track

full rack

there’s blood on his teeth

 

digipak

deep track

his eyes are red

 

pitch black

short stack

that isn’t a dog

 

brick-a-brack

tally whack

Help us! He-

 

knick knack

paddy whack

the dog ate the bone,

then your kids

and is now gnawing

on the wife’s shoulder

while you bear witness

to the demon

you’ve unleashed

 

deep black

no more snacks

give the dog whatever he wants

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      Christopher Hivner is a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania in the United States. He has recently been published in The Horror Zine and Illumen. His book of horror/dark fantasy poems, Dark Oceans of Divinity, is available from Cyberwit.net or Amazon.