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The dog does this beautiful thing,

it waits. It stills itself and determines

that the waiting is essential.

I suppose this eternity

is the one inside the drawer,

inside the buttonhole.

All the shouting before

was done out loud, on the street,

and now it’s done so shushing-ly.

There is a saying down here,

I’d never heard before,

I hate it for you.

It means, if the dog pees

on the carpet, I hate it

for you, Too bad for you.

It means, if you’re alone,

when love is all around,

We all tip our lonely hats

in one un-lonely sound.