Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Barking Dog

We have all spent years
trying to control him
with ropes,
and calls,
and tears.
It has gotten us nowhere.
He is still as stubborn and impossible
as ever.
A white-headed nut
deafer than deaf
refusing to get a hearing aid.
A man without a gallbladder,
eating salami and hot dogs.
A barking dog,
who doesn’t know
what he’s barking at anymore.