i saw a dog today
he jumped up to say hello
i said “down boy!”
he didn’t listen
”down boy!”
“he dunn’t unnerstan’ ya”
a homeless man says
”down boy! sit”
i implore
”i’m tellin’ ya he dunn’t unnerstan’ ya”
vigorously
the dog jumps
his paws and claws
hurt my skin
he seemed so friendly
i’m panicked
“will he bite? — is he dangerous”
i frantically ask,
the homeless man
“listen, i’m tellin ya he dunn’t understann ya”
”what..
the..
fuck..
do you mean?”
i exclaim with increasing anger
“sit”
”down”
“stay”
“off”
“out”
“he’s hurting me! —
i think he will attack me soon…
what does this dog understand?”
the jaws sink into my skin
piercing pain
red blood gushes
“help
just help me if you won’t explain”
“I cann’t help ya,
he dunn’t unnerstan me
’neither”
idiot
i think silently
as i fall to the ground
i see a man
some weird fucker —
robes
beard
great, i ponder
an audience of the insane
to witness this
humiliation that may
kill me
i ponder my life
and then i see
his lips moving
with a whisper i don’t
recognise
“mor….dere”
”mordere”
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas 