Author: Zakiya Cowan
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DOG GHAZAL by Zakiya Cowan
The dusk’s taut silence is siphoned by a low howl fleeing a dog’s throat. A song from deep within the bones, seething in the throat. I remember the family dogs fighting in the kitchen. Teeth deep in the flesh coloring their mouths with murder. Blood ran under the table, collecting like a slippery story leaving…