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Serpentine, Volume 2, Number 2 & 3, Summer 1998

MONGREL

by Philip Hyams


Mongrel, they shot you with
Pellets that pulped your heart
And tufts of your fur flew up
Into the early morning light.

Our kibbutz had too many hounds
That year and not enough cats to
Catch the mice.



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