Getting Acquainted
I spend most of my time playing alpha female for my pack of dogs. Lucy (Boston terrier), Harley (chihuahua). Hershey (miniature dachshund) and Jasper (standard schnauzer) are my entertainment and sometimes muses. Jasper is a puppy mill rescue dog and I'm in the intital stages of writing a series of vignettes of his life since the rescue contrasted with eduaction about rescues and puppy mills. I do actually have other interests than writing and my dogs. I love to scrapbook, watch ice hockey, listen to a variety of music genres and reading. My parents both were avid readers and passed that love on to me. I'll read a cereal box if you set it in front of me!
The Beast
The Beast

The Beast hunts her.
How many months, she cannot say.
On her heels,
breathing down her neck,
she sidesteps him.

The Beast on her stoop, pacing.
Perimeters covered, no escape.
trapped within her home,
fear grips her--vise-like.
Light or dark, afraid to
venture forth.

The Beast never sleeps, ever watchful.
Opening the door,
toe across the threshold.
Bile rises in her throat,
she must hurry back
to release it.

The Beast grins, knowing it has won...
this round.
Planning the final kill, she vies
for her freedom.
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