for Haakon Hofstad
the woman is on
the counter
top stripping
for the lunch
hour crowd
the mood
as somber as the blue
light she dances in
a dog outside
has slammed head first
into the black tinted glass door –
over and over
it whimpers and barks
at its own image
a man shouts
someone should put the damned
mutt out of its misery!
the dancer stops
the music
open the door
she says
let the poor thing in
Photo By Will Montague
