Poem for Our Dog
Afraid of Thunder
On a Rainy Day

I know what it is like to be so afraid
on a rain-soaked day such as this.
On a rain-soaked day such as this
in Viet Nam I prayed fervently.
In Viet Nam I prayed fervently
shivering uncontrollably in the mud.
Shivering uncontrollably in the mud
as men whose duty it was to kill me filed by
As men whose duty it was to kill me filed by
only a little more than a yard away
Only a little more than a yard away
on a rain-soaked day such as this.
The type of day that dogs don't understand.

--- Leroy V. Quintana
Poetry Like Bread
Curbstone Press