Went to the Dogs #FoundPoem

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Marian Allen

Time for another entry from our local weekly newspaper’s call-in column, where people (mostly anonymous) can call in and vent. If this ain’t vernacular poetry, I don’t know what is.

Went to the Dogs

by Anonymous Caller

The Palmyra Town Hall
has seemed
to went to the dogs.
The three times I’ve been in there,
I have seen a dog
running around
in the town hall.
This does not look very professional
for town government
and water utilities.

~*~

Maybe not for town government, but water utilities….

I posted last week at Fatal Foodies about Charlie getting stewed. Apples. This week, I’m posting about our New Year’s Day meal.

A WRITING PROMPT BASED ON MY POST: Someone spots a dog in an unexpected place.

About Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is. Marian Allen's Amazon profile

One thought on “Went to the Dogs #FoundPoem”

Dan Antion
January 9, 2018 at 9:50am

Wait, don’t the water utilities maintain the hydrants? Maybe the dog was there on business…

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  Marian Allen
  January 9, 2018 at 11:09am
  
  Excellent point! You should call Live Wire and suggest that.
  
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Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
January 9, 2018 at 10:19am

‘Has seemed to went’ is, uh, creative?

I take it the transcriptionist believes in literalness? Did I just make up a word? Literality didn’t work for me. Literal-mindedness?

Isn’t English fun?

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  Marian Allen
  January 9, 2018 at 11:10am
  
  Literalicity. Litermousness. Yes, the transcriptionist takes down what people say exactly as they say it. That’s what I love so about it. ~grin~
  
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