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categories:
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- Poem
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ratings: G
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date: 2015-03-06
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type: post
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tags:
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- Animals
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- Poetry
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title: The Dogs Assure Me
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<pre class="verse">
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The dogs assure me:
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There are volumes of meaning —
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Life and death —
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And time;
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Past, present, future —
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In the scent of a rotting fish left after the flood,
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Or a trace of scat,
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Or the coyote, long passed,
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But not everyone reads poetry.
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I'm not so lucky, all told:
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The rich scent of meaning —
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Heady, intoxicating —
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Rises only from words
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And the way you rest your hands on the table.
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</pre>
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*Published in Civilized Beasts 2016*
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