O callous day!

Start the day

kill a dog

ordinary death

dead dog.

Death came

luminous green

filled a syringe

floccules of blood

mingling

death’s liquidity.

Death started

black hair cut

from a shin

before the

white paw

death’s space.

Death comes

anaesthetic dose X 3

all it takes

to halt

a loyal heart

death’s hearth.

The rest of my day

I put petrol in,

bought chicken wings for supper,

made a hairdresser appointment,

spoke to the architect,

led a normal

callous day.

End the day

love a dog

watch TV

death’s dream.