POETRY BY BEN SIEGAL

THE BLUEBERRY HAD A DOG INSIDE

The blueberry had a dog inside

I should have known

it was too big 

to be any old blueberry

But I was so hungry

with no one around

I took a bite

then another

and another

The snout poked out

through the hole I’d made

I kept eating until

I had freed him completely

a small black dog

a mutt

paws sticky with 

juices from inside the fruit

He barked twice and ran away 

Ben Siegal is a wanderer, currently exploring the great woods of Vermont. He likes to spend his time meandering the streets with his trusty hound, searching for stories and listening to the music of life. He is a pizza chef and a poet with a hunger for excitement and a love for the world around him.