Amanda-Bell My Old Dog
Structure inspired by “Hope” is a Thing with Feathers- Emily Dickinson
Writing inspired by Mid-Term Break- Seamus Heaney
It’s been days since we last saw her –
Calling out for hours hoping to hear her call back –
After days with noise all round we heard –
We heard her – calling back-
The first to see – my father – then me –
To follow was my mother then one brother then the other –
It was a dreadful site to see
The wounds awful and maggoty I shuddered in horror-
She was put down, her in a box we left the vet –
As we left it was as if the world didn’t make a sound –
Cold – numb – and tired,
We buried her – deep in the ground.
