Dreamcat. Fonk. What? Scurrr. Ah,
canfood. We’re awake now: canfood.
Canfood. Good. Lickbowl. Good.
Door. Dooroutnow. Look. I’m looking.
What? Doorwhat? Doorout right? Right?
Knobnow. Good. I’m gone. Cat.
Realcat now. Hot damn. Damncat.
Fence! Same fence. Yep. Same fence.
Yep. High. Yep. Yep. Strong. Yep.
God. God, rip same fence. God,
schnauzer down same fence. No? Cat,
now: catfeet spookaway fence: spring:
cat flies: cat balances on top. Me: dig.
Dog dig, did dig, do dig, doubledig.
Now… underground now… fence.
Piss on same, on fence, on fencepost.
Me: I mark this. This is mine.
'Nietzsche Possessed'
Photography: Susan Bein of wizmosis
'Nietzsche Possessed' is from "Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogs"
Editors - Amy Hempel & Jim Shepard