I got an email from a friend
On the day the vet came
and took my dog,
he had broken loose and run
into a car,
I received an email
from the daughter
of an old college friend I knew,
up North.
The message had come
with happy emoticons
in the subject line
with colors of blue and yellow
I opened it and thought
I was being invited to a wedding,
(we had been out of touch)
or maybe an announcement of
a birth -
he could be married and
announcing a child
My friend has died.
(And I cannot seem to keep a dog alive).
