David O'Boyle's Universe…

This is a drawn image of a dog leashed to a tree. It is an illustration for the poem in the text titled 'Manumit'.

Manumit: A Short Poem from David O’Boyle’s Universe to yours

An expressionist drawing of a dog runnig around a tree, which is the subject of the poem titled Manumit, which is directly underneath the image.
Illustration by David O’Boyle


Manumit
You say you love me
yet I stay your slave 
"UNCHAIN ME!"
he whined
twisting and untwisting
the yard leash
fashioned to the 
old oak tree
in the backyard 
behind the red farmhouse

-David O'Boyle

Like tales about dogs? Mooncalfs is a novel where a wanding dog plays a role!

Cover for David O'Boyle's novel Mooncalfs.
Mooncalfs is David O’Boyle’s first novel.
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