{"sf1_id":2243803,"sf2_id":"Vm2Wqxrn","title":"The Black Dog Chases Foxes","author":"Dakaar","words":113,"posted_at":"2025-04-15T14:47:55.000Z","tags":["Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2243803-the-black-dog-chases-foxes","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2Wqxrn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0a/41/0a4190a9-1b2d-4e08-815b-2dcca331be6d","description":"Freeform poetry from the introspective collection, Black Dog, that runs with a folkloric figure that is often associated with misfortune and used as a metaphor for depression. Black Dog looks at this figure and gives him a voice, letting him bark back at a society that’s already made up its mind about him.","content":"The quick brown fox\n\n \n\njumps over the\n\n \n\nBlack Dog.\n\n \n\nAt his best, fated to befriend the hand of every man\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nto ever raise one to him,\n\n \n\nthe Black Dog gawps envious\n\n \n\nat the first russet glance.\n\n \n\nBewildered as he heaves ponderous from the brier,\n\n \n\nwhile the fox bounds weightless\n\n \n\nto spell carnage in a red font midst the chooks,\n\n \n\nthen capers away\n\n \n\nand tosses a wink,\n\n \n\nthe Back Dog marvels\n\n \n\nat the fucking balls of it all.\n\n \n\nThe hand snaps his reverie in two\n\n \n\nover his skull.\n\n \n\nHow could you?\n\n \n\nJust look at what\n\n \n\nyou let them do.\n\n \n\nThe unhurried fox departs, unpursued,\n\n \n\nbut in his heart the Black Dog’s feet\n\n \n\nare thundering.","series":{"name":"Black Dog","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2243799-the-black-dog-bites.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2243804-the-black-dog-takes-a-walk.json"}}