Locked/Lost
by Holly Day

I couldn't stop thinking about all the things
trapped, I keep thinking about your goldfish, picture them

the dolphin fish I picked out for you
waiting for you to come home
frantic at the doorknob

wishing you had left me a key

it's not that I missed you when you left behind locked and closed doors the baby iguanas posed on their perch savoring their last handful of crickets, the cats you adopted pawing

waiting for you to come home. I just felt bad for
all the little creatures in your house, left to fend for themselves, all the dependants floating lifeless in their bowls.


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