Ophiuchi

The dogcatcher always knows the strays from the kept. He can see it in their eyes that they need more than the others. And it's in that moment that he loops the metal slipknot round their necks and holds their heads on hard wet asphalt while their bodies flip and scrape around and their claws skitter under the pressure to set their mind's feet free… that those dogs know it to. Those dogs weep for themselves… because they know they are lost. Yellow eyes don't see the ground as yellow. They see the ground however their head lets them see the ground. And right now, pressed against the street, my yellow eyes saw the street sideways dis