Lorna’s poem "Cucumbers" is one of 8 of the Strangest Canadian Poems You Should Read, along with poems by Atwood, Ondaatje, and Bishop.
What Comes After
I am my own big dog.
Walk, and I'm at the door,
eat, and I take what I offer,
lie down, and I curl on the floor,
my heavy head between my paws.
I don't need anything but this,
I don't think of what comes after.
I sing the way a dog sings,
I weep the way a dog weeps.
Every night at my feet
I am a big sack of sleep
stinking of me.
I am my own big dog.
Walk, and I'm at the door,
eat, and I take what I offer,
lie down, and I curl on the floor,
my heavy head between my paws.
I don't need anything but this,
I don't think of what comes after.
I sing the way a dog sings,
I weep the way a dog weeps.
Every night at my feet
I am a big sack of sleep
stinking of me.