Matt Dennison’s work has appeared in Rattle, Bayou Magazine, edivider, Natural Bridge, The Spoon, River Poetry Review and Cider Press Review, among others. He has also made short films with Michael Dickes, Swoon, and Marie Craven.
Le Bon Temps Roulé
The white dog lying
large across the bar’s
green door step, gentle
with patient concern
for his absent master,
will not come when
I beckon from across
the street though he
will rise to walk and
follow, for a distance,
the yellow dog
down hers.
