MIPOESIAS VOLUME 24, ISSUE 1 ~ JANUARY 2011 Michael Milburn Unleashed


Inspecting the spot on the trail where your dog treed a man she wanted only to befriend, I thought it could have


been me up in that tree. Lately, I can't tell whether you just want to be friends, and I don't ask.


Earlier, at a stream running fast with snowmelt, your dog swam while mine raced along the bank, tangling me in the leash.


On the way back to the car you told me about the man. Standing beneath the tree I understood the feeling


of not knowing how scared to be-- the dog prancing below, the woman coming into view, whistling and calling.


Michael Milburn teaches high school English at the Foote School in New Haven, CT, and lives in Hamden, CT. He writes poems and essays, and has published most recently in Ploughshares, New England Review, and Poetry East. His essay "Death Wish" was named a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2010.


www.mipoesias.com


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