Dog On beaten uP ChaIr

drying, out.
piggybacked
on childhood joy.
past the gurney
an opiate dream
of the person
with the fearful 
voice
a friend, away-
close anew

piggybacked
face on stubble
and holding
Dad's strong back.

Pt. 2

Sleeping roo
no ruse
rise horizontal sun
 low peek of
 adelaide hill.