And the girl took the long, sharp hairpin that the man had given...

And the girl took the long, sharp hairpin that the man had given her

And she cut the great black dog’s throat, from sternum to jaw

And at the first prick of the hairpin, the dog went stiff and silent

And fell, still as death

And from the hole in the dog’s throat emerged the man

His hair and skin and eyes still as black as the dog’s

And his throat cut as the dog’s was

From sternum to jaw

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