I eat meatless Korean bbq dumplings & contemplate old Hollywood. My stomach gurgles & whines. I consider the way I fall in love too fast – a few kind words & I'm a dog let in from the cold. Oh, a warm house! Oh, a fresh bone! Grow me slick and wet. Keep me tied up in your heart’s basement. I make out with a boy six years younger & honestly?? It was like driving down the longest road in Montana with all the animals out waving hello. I wanna nuzzle up. I wanna be pet like that good dog. Rub my ears. Tickle my belly. Put a collar ‘round my neck. I love beauty & I love the freckle under his left eye. Take me to the smoking bar he said & okay I did. Old gods of the chili garlic sauce, let this stupid lust last. Give me what I want even if it’s not what I need. His hand warm in my jeans. His mouth sweet against mine. His tongue on my neck, a good dog lapping dirty water.