Sirius

Spinning down a jenny vein
of germinated stars
the dog makes the shore
fallen from lullaby dusk
to battle the tree tips, paw
the green scraps, fly
and claw the trunk
and ricochet broken
through the open
mouth of my dark door.
The sun is bawling
a gaudy finale, pink,
like a spoiled child
holding its breath,
sparkling ribbons drop
from distracted arms
and crown the clouds.
The dogstar in my corner
dreams it's on the chase,
shreds my walls, slavers
sugar drippings on my sheets,
shits gold bricks, yelps
riddles when the blacklight
jerks its needling eye
to stare his nova out—
candle snuffer
drooping scythe
holocaust geometry
slopes in the abyss
and the pup bites,
its teeth clot the heart,
knot and fester the dark,
annihilate the night.