Pet Smart
Alexandra Goodale
Sturdy belonging, I need your
Heat lamp, my reptile skin
Rids me of my wrong-thoughts
I swear I’m thinking betterer
I dry heave this message in a bottle:
Come find me later
I’m not ready yet
I bury myself in a cave;
Ten thousand years of rock tomb
I feigned little urgency ‘til you
Upturn my backbone boulders
Hark the herald flock
I am your pet
This is my land
I come when you whistle
I make you proud
Alex Goodale is a writer and florist living in her hometown of Los Angeles. Her work can be found in The Dry River and Currant Jam or at a little flower shop in Los Feliz.