Familiaris

Remember
that couch

burning party?

I helped you find
your dog

when he ran

frantic from
the flaming night.

"Gauge, Gauge!
Here Gauge!"

we screamed,

the flames
quickly waning

behind us

as we combed
through the bramble

and into
a forest of howls.

*
We are all lost animals

trying to find
our was back to the couch.