Lament for a Canine
Ray Rasmussen

"The coyote just snatched Tinker up and trotted off with her." The newspaper shows a woman, tears flowing down her cheeks, clutching Belle, her other long-haired Brussels Griffon. "We have to eliminate these killers," she's quoted as saying. "Who knows whether the neighbors' children will be next." Her newly built home is perched on the edge of the Whitemud Wildlife Sanctuary, a small nature reserve.

evening chill--
an ambulance and coyote
joined in chorus

Comments

[Aurora]

This is excellent, Ray. I felt the chill at the end.

[janet lynn davis]

Well done, haunting.

[Masago]

Yes, chilling!

[Andrea]

Well written thrilling haibun... and the haiku at the end perfectly close the story.

[david giacalone]

Great tale and poem, Ray.

p.s. I don't blame the coyote.

[Yu Chang]

I am with David's comment,
and also his p.s.

full moon
beyond the barbed wire
a coyote's howl

[Matt]

This is a cool haibun with lots of impact.

[Ray Rasmussen]

Thanks for the kind comments, folks. And, I like your haiku, Yu Chang.
Ray

[Robert]

Haunting indeed!