Monsters

 
After flying all night
   over the Atlantic,
 
he deplaned,
   while children ran from him,
 
screaming, “Monstre, monstre!”,
   in Danish falsetto.
 
He examined himself
   and found nothing grotesque,
 
aside from a few
   bumps and wrinkles,
 
tired eyes and
   an unfortunate reliance
 
on flat California English;
   nothing terribly scary.
 
And, then, the barks —
   he turned and saw,
 
close on his heels,
   a pair of bulldogs
 
on leather leashes
   with day-glo pink collars,
 
and, as he petted
   the slobbery giants,
 
he felt his newfound monsterhood
   sadly slip away.
   

3 thoughts on “Monsters

  1. Bull Dogs look mean but they are very sweet. I have had the pleasure of knowing 2 in my neighborhood.

    The sad thing is their life span is short live because of the illnesses they are prone to at a young age.

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