glued
a tiny brown fingernail
shiny to the touch
i should have felt it sooner
sucking blood and such
pried it off with tweezers
a flat sideways strike
cuz the sucker gets embedded
if it's pulled upright
little eyelash leggies
brush my finger, touch
as they writhe like a zimmy
electric toothbrush
you told me 'put it in a jar
and bring it to the lab
have it tested, get a shot
and disinfect the scab'
but twas not the infamous deer tick
who carries dreadful lyme
just a regular old dog tick
living large, fat
and sublime
