CATCHING A WHIFF

An old
black dog
on a cold
black night,

ears that
sometimes hear

and only one
good eye

but, a stout
snout that still
sniffs, deeply,
the truth from things

and with which
he now attempts

to catch the tail
of a whiff

of some
fleeting something

wafting along
on the cold
black wind

on a cold
black
night.

-Jason Ryberg, 2010