Belle the puppy
bonded with us
caterwauls my exit
bemoans abandonment
Burnett infants
clung to my legs
pleaded and wailed
“Daddy don’t go”
Divorce trauma
“No one loves me”
fell into the pit
confronted abandonment
Kathy kvetches
“You’re not connected”
advertises intimacy
fears isolation
Shelter-in-place
stalked by COVID
buffered from family
simulates abandonment
Commandante Trump
lies and bullies
crumples democracy
promotes abandonment
