Young Dog

I’ve got a young dog,

            not wholly domesticated.

The more disadvantaged he feels

            be it chained to a tree

or being yelled at in Discipline,

the more hardcore he becomes –

            hackles up, teeth bared,

snarling like a wild thing 

Lying on the bed

            with handcuffs limiting me,

            I become that wild dog.

 

Ariel

February 2006