poem- better out than in

poem- better out than in September 1, 2022

Filed under: poem,Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 6:37 pm
Tags: botfly, dog, kimo, lump, poem, poetry, triplet

What is that stuff all over your back, dog?
In the slime is a white ball.
Gross botfly larva OUT.

Another kimo poem. 3 lines with 10-7-6 syllables. A kimo poem is supposed to be an image. I hope it isn’t too disgusting an image for you!
Our senior dog had a lump in her back that appeared and grew over the last week. She scratched it open today, and in cleaning and examining it, I discovered a parasite. 😦 I was going to attach a photo, but really. You don’t want to see the hole in the poor little dog or the 8mm critter that was in the hole!

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5 Responses to “poem- better out than in”

Trish Says:
September 1, 2022 at 6:39 pm
Vivid image and yeah…gross

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Jim Stewart Says:
September 1, 2022 at 10:24 pm
It’s been nice that you’re posting again.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  September 2, 2022 at 11:05 am
  Thanks, Jim. After my TBI 4 years ago, it was about all I could manage to get through a day. However, I spent the summer working on a poetry book for teachers, so I have quite a few poems written for that. We’ll see if I can keep up daily posting once the school year starts up next week!
  
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  - Jim Stewart Says:
    September 2, 2022 at 8:20 pm
    I hope so, but I get it. Heck, I only post every couple months, if that. Again, it’s good to have you back. Makes me happy.
trE Says:
September 2, 2022 at 5:19 pm
Thanks for NOT posting it. I’m sorry your little one had to go through that. 😰

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