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Chapter 4 (the dogs)

by George Hoerner

the sunroof fills
with tears as
i listen to
‘both sides of the story’

my daughter cries
she has had
one miscarriage

friends arrive
for the celebration
dinner being cooked
he raises another
glass to his lips
says ‘hey cunt we did it’
she lets the dogs out

as dinner ends
the boys head
for the white stuff
waiting on the back deck

she watches as
strangers move
through the house
hoping they will leave
so the dogs may return
to their home

her one true love

07/22/2011

Posted on 07/22/2011
Copyright © 2024 George Hoerner

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Paganini Jones on 07/25/11 at 10:33 PM

A captured moment - simple but powerful with its understatement. I very much like this and keep coming back to it.

Posted by Lori Blair on 11/24/11 at 03:34 PM

This to me is very heartwrenching..I endured three miscarriages..each loss a trial in itself..Excellent

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 12/20/11 at 02:07 PM

home is where the heart is and as your odes are all heart, they are home to lots of folk, and lots of eyes, mine included, which weary from their flighting are grateful to have a place to make a soft landing, on your words which are home and as long as you keep writing, George, eyes will never be homeless.

Posted by Mo Couts on 01/28/12 at 02:43 AM

This is so full of emotion and touches the deepest parts of my psyche. Beautiful, sad, and evocative George

Posted by James Cavet on 06/26/12 at 03:56 AM

This is like a mini-movie where you only are allowed snippets of out of context conversations that are at once, sad, sinister, beautiful and mundane. This is really perfect and succinct.

Posted by Johanna May on 01/20/13 at 09:41 PM

whatever chapter this comes from, resonates to me as I also tend to choose an honest moment rather than savor the cryptic whole. It is in moments the complete picture is painted from.

Posted by Vivienne Grant on 12/08/13 at 04:58 PM

oh the pain of observing a social gathering like this when you, the parent, can only guess at what goes on when you & everyone else leaves ... and you're relieved there's no baby on its way into this particular world

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