this puppy
obsessed with this cheese bone

she’ll never forget
that it sits on the window sill

waiting for her
taunting her
with it’s strong smell
and stronger memories
of hours spent
gnawing
and licking
and chomping
and obsessing

why oh why can’t her humans see
just how much she
deserves
her cheese bone
back

she whines
she barks
she sighs

we do not give it back