Lena's Dog Ava
She went missing.
Ava is her child,
her non-identical
astral twin is what
Lena said. Ava, a small
but sufficiently long
dachsaund, toenails
painted same bright orange
as Lena’s own
Lena believes
her dog would never
run away so when she
dsappeared
Lena knew she was
actually kidnapped.
People like cute dogs
Lena said.
They pick them up
Carry hem in their cars
to New York City
where they’re swallowed up
by all those streets.
The dog, she says
would never leave her.
People did but not
her dog. We’re truly attached
Lena said.
This morning she had
a phone date famous
dog psychic who’d know
if Ava was Dead or Alive.
Turns out Ava is just
Two counties over.
Happy enough.
Her new family
owns a blue Volvo
three years old.
Lena and the psychic
don’t know the Next Steps
but they made a phone date
to decide. Meanwhile
Lena has decided to take
Ava’s bereft friend Lily
Another dachshund, to
the movies this afternoon.
Maybe even to see
new Woody Allen.