I must find you a new name,

for Black Dog implies

I can have you put down,

that I can smile and take your flea

bitten arse to a lonely place

in the woods and let you howl

all you want because the only

creatures you’ll attract

are the woodpeckers, black bears

and worms.

 

But what is the point in it all,

the dream of existing, of being,

when the woodpecker can peck

just as hard and the black bear

is as hungry as ever,