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+categories:
+- Poem
+- Rated G
+counts:
+    characters_real: 316
+    characters_total: 398
+    file: _posts/2015-03-05-the-dogs-assure-me.md
+    paragraphs: 4
+    type: jekyll
+    words: 75
+date: 2015-03-06
+layout: post
+tags:
+- Animals
+- Poetry
+title: The Dogs Assure Me
+---
+
+<div class="verse">
+The dogs assure me:
+There are volumes of meaning &mdash;
+Life and death &mdash;
+And time;
+Past, present, future &mdash;
+In the scent of a rotting fish left after the flood,
+Or a trace of scat,
+Or the coyote, long passed,
+But not everyone reads poetry.
+
+I'm not so lucky, all told:
+The rich scent of meaning &mdash;
+Heady, intoxicating &mdash;
+Rises only from words
+And the way you rest your hands on the table.
+</div>
+
+-----
+
+*Published in Civilized Beasts 2016*