04-03-2015, 08:18 AM
Captain
Saturday night Mint imperials,
he would only eat five
then play with the sixth
until it stuck to the carpet.
He took my teenage tears,
buried them with bones
and hand-like paws,
much more than just the taste of salt.
I found him in the rockery,
blind with two good legs,
kidney failure,
couldn't be fixed with tonic
from the dark glass bottle in the pantry.
Still growling,
still shaking,
still wanting salt.
Through smokey silver
he followed something
behind me on the wall,
chasing sunlight from a wrist watch.
Saturday night Mint imperials,
he would only eat five
then play with the sixth
until it stuck to the carpet.
He took my teenage tears,
buried them with bones
and hand-like paws,
much more than just the taste of salt.
I found him in the rockery,
blind with two good legs,
kidney failure,
couldn't be fixed with tonic
from the dark glass bottle in the pantry.
Still growling,
still shaking,
still wanting salt.
Through smokey silver
he followed something
behind me on the wall,
chasing sunlight from a wrist watch.
If your undies fer you've been smoking through em, don't peg em out