Heaven and hell co-exist
Here
Wherever that might be
True enough for me over the years
In both regards
But in a swirl of blackening balance
My pristine esthetic ambience
Has been visited by the dark side
Evil stalks even these charmed streets
Where a few blocks away
A miniature farm with miniature horses
That by daylight delights the drivers by
Was sadly vandalized by night
Terrorized
Leaving the broken body of a beautiful Falabella
Caramel and white pinto named China Doll
Dolly, as she was called
Only 75 centimeters tall at the shoulders
Fours years old
Broken into, literally
Left broken to die in the dark
No cause for panic, say the police
Who continue to investigate
But if not panic, how about grief, horror, disgust
Dismay
At this too close reminder
That as much as this earth can be a paradise
It has every layer of hell and then some
Around the next corner
David Trudel © 2013
