Tuesday, May 21, 2019

the howling of dogs


The howling of dogs
In the days and nights
In the ancient folklore
It never sounds good at all

I heard it for the past few days
I didn’t think much of it
But I knew the dogs had seen
The carriers for the bag of souls

One day I saw an ambulance
Stopped by in one of the houses
I thought somebody was seriously ill
Instead a person died on that day

The dogs stopped howling
The passage of death arrived
The bag of soul taken away
The funeral arrangements made

Now I don’t hear the howling
The dogs stay quiet for now
Until another time another day
The ancient story will come alive

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