Erin J. Mullikin attends Clemson University, where she studies literature and poetry. Recent works of hers have appeared or are forthcoming in Glitterpony, Gently Read Literature, The Country Dog Review, Gloom Cupboard, and Counterexample Poetics.
vi. How to Remember Suicidal Dogs
You must’ve had three dogs made of porcelain:
One your sister made after the brown Pekinese died.
One your sister made after the black Pekinese died.
One that spun around with a gun to his head,
that old song playing
How Dry I Am.
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