Too bad to stay here

Until the snow.

How do the birds live?

Where does the sky go?

Who can afford us?

We’ll be let out

For good and all:

Raw paws, bruised snout.

What were we doing?

You wrote a blog.

I bought a toothbrush

For a dog.

How can we claim

Our hearts were riven?

What ledger shows

Our mercy given?

I try to breathe

Air like a stone,

Like dirty water.

We are alone.