Close To Home

The tiny dog,
fast asleep in its
comfort zone
suddenly raised its
head to emit a
tremulous whining wail,
soon to change
to frantic barking
as the sound
of a ghostly train
with a decidedly
un-ghostlike clamour
flooded the living room
informing us that
ever so briefly
and no less startling
for all of that
we had experienced
the minor shifting
of tectonic plates
at the oceanic fault line
too close to home.