Sonnet: Grandfather mauled to death by pit bulls (by Mitch Sisskind)

"Grandfather mauled to death by pit bulls."
                – News item, December 2008
 
Hey, what the hell you think
You're doing there, you pit bulls?
Cut out that mauling, damn it!
You heard me! Scram, I said!

On the other hand, 'tis no matter.

My life so ungeverschmutzed: prostate
Trouble, gall bladder, fungal toenail.
Pit bulls! Good work, boys!
 
I attended the University of Chicago.
Leo Strauss was my teacher. To his
Grad students he confided his fear of
Schwartzers, but swore us to silence.
 
Thought I was an old coot, didn't you?
But I know the world. You can have it.
 
Sleepy kitten video! (four million views)