field mice

matthew savoca

no i don't wrestle with dogs

i just like to run

up the street with them

not like jogging, but running

really hard, like a race

i raced a fat guy in a parking lot once

for ten bucks

i raced my grandfather on the street

a dog chased us, he beat me

that same dog bit my mom's ankle

while she was wearing headphones

my brother said, “should have punted it”

i've never beaten a dog

in a race before

but i remember this time, a long time ago,

i was out with my dog on the street

we had a ball