not Chelsea or Tremont
Coney Island or Ocean City
not Allentown or Arlington Heights
West 15th Street in Loring Park
where a 19th-century row house
anchors the south side
where to the north
within the city’s oldest park
the geese and ducks
and turtles and black and albino
squirrels and pollinating bees
and butterflies in summer are
where you and I lived out
most of your life indoors
with catnip cardboard workouts
and otterbed dreams
wherever you were
was home
Charming and sweet. A tender message to a beloved companion.
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Thanks, Mom! Jackson deserves a whole book of poems. 😸
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