dog eats poison

my dog ate poison
he doesn't seem daunted
it's just me

it takes a few moments
after walking throught the door
to notice the chewed bottle
bike chain cleaner never smelled so strong
he'd never really eat this, i thought
but like a canine alcoholic
i could smell it on his breath

then there is the anger
it's like the anger at a government
hard to know who to blame
i wanted to kick the dog
or kick myself or kick the wall
but the bottle read fatal
time to ask what next

i called the vet and got numbers
so i called some more
i happened to reach the only service of it's kind
a poison control clinic for all of n. america
they make sure that you know
it's no longer free

i could have been nicer
as i respelled lightning
how could they help me
if they can't spell lightning
but i gave them the details
or the details i knew

in the end it's not so dramatic
perhaps just a loss of gag reflex
so take away food and water
and see he doesn't retch somewhere
call me if he does
all this said dr. yosef
then he charged my fifty bucks