Service Dog with Batman Cape--By Ryan Quinn Flanagan--Canada

Service Dog with Batman Cape

He is proud of his dog

in a way he has never been

proud of himself.

You can see it in his face.

In sturdy humping shoulders

that have found a false assurance.

And his dog is a service dog.

It says so on a red sash across

its middle.

And his dog is wearing a Batman cape.

People stop to pet his friend every few feet.

And you can see it makes the man proud.

That tiny black tail slapping against the

side of his leg.

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, Word Riot, In Between Hangovers, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review.