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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/928241-Ebony
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#928241 added February 2, 2018 at 11:38pm
Restrictions: None
Ebony
the young jumped,
vibrating with yipping pleasure
that surpassed all magnitude
of pleasure I’d ever seen in an animal
that someone had come
to see them.
I was quiet,
waiting to see which one
would be mine.
they were mutts, the grown-ups said.
their mother a full bred
Golden Retriever,
their father mostly
a black Labrador, but I didn’t
care about that.
they were beautiful, with black, shiny coats
and wagging tails.
there was a little quiet one in the corner
that drew my eye,
but as I crouched,
my hand outstretched,
an impatient monster came up
to nose my hand,
and I knew:
that was the one.
the grown-ups were hesitant—
this one was the biggest and smartest
and would grow faster than I
could keep up, until, one day,
a few years down the road,
I would be dragged across gravel,
my belly torn and bleeding
while an apologetic tongue
tried to lick it better,
but that was later.
now, I gathered the squirming bundle
in my arms,
and we went home, together.

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