Monday, July 2, 2018

Where to Keep the Bipeds



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Not a pet I’d get. You try to leash
a wobbly two-legged manimal
and walk it down the street,
heading toward catastrophe,
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skull to ass to feet. Mumbling,
squalling, stumbling, falling, peeing
on or tripping over paws, yours or 
those of other dogs. One hears they're
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smart. Not so we can tell. All we see 
them do is eat and fart. (They sleep 
quite well.) But try to make them heel, 
play dead, roll over, fetch a bone –
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or indicate the least capacity to think:
they’d rather squat alone and blink.
Primitive in realms olfactory and otic,
they essentially can’t hear or smell.
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Thank the Dog Star I’m a sturdy
main-line canine quadruped, four
feet on the ground, intelligent,
true blue. Keep bipeds in a zoo.
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