by Kathryn Pratt Russell

Dog on a miniature pirate ship.
Garrulous friendliness on the attack.
Send out the miniscule boats for boarding!
Dog will commandeer human as a prize.

Kathryn Pratt Russell has poems published or forthcoming in Gargoyle, Black Warrior Review, Free State Review, Atlanta Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Birmingham Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Raven Hotel, was published by Dancing Girl Press. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.