your bitch (poem)

TW: allusions to animal cruelty

i love seligman because i know him personally

i'm his dog

barking, baying, no growling

prickling, punished, pained and pointless

i'll sit, i'll lie down, i swear to god i'll stay

what a good pup i am

i love pavlov because i know him personally

i'm his dog

drooling, gasping, no growling

famished, faithful, freely lolling my tongue

i bolt and beckon at the slightest tinny tone

what a good pup i am

schrödinger is a fool, fouled with feline fancy

if only he knew i could be his dog

rotting, growing, no growling

tactile, vanishing, undead and unalive

i've got one foot jammed in a slipshod grave

oh, what a good pup i am