The Puppy
By Janice Veldman
She was sitting in her easy chair
Comfortable
Not really thinking
More like resting
The puppy looked at her
Big brown eyes
She spoke to him
She reached to touch him
She wanted to cuddle with him
She tells her friend
A puppy came from out of no where
Don’t touch him though
He will disappear
He comes every day
Just listens to me talk
We sit together
Eager for tomorrow
This image depicts an illustration created by August Natterer, a German artist, who produced drawings of his hallucinations. For this illustration—circa 1911-1913—he wrote: "My eyes at the moment of the Apparition." Image online via Wikimedia Commons.