THE GAME OF PRETEND
Louise Annarino
4-23-2013
Underpaid taxes
and overrun budgets
shutter rec-centers
factories
schools
hope
while dog parks flourish
with barks of pleasure
by pets at leisure
well fed,well groomed,well vetted,
paraded,protected pooches
while homeless children
follow unemployed parents
left behind middle class time
to unfamilar beds
at night,
up and out
at dawn
to make it through
one more day
without childhood play.
Thus, we pretend
our children are okay.
“Whoof”!
Time to feed the dog.
annarino writes 