BoyDog (to Juanito)

~ Harlan Didrickson

And in

The hollows

A boy

Heard a

Bark a

Growl a

Jeer a

Yelp and

Carried his

Dog lifeless

In his

Arms laying

Him on

The stones

To say

Goodbye when

The dogs

Heart stopped

So did

The boy

Never to

Beat again