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Grooming
Nando did walkies every morning,
every afternoon and evening,
accompanied Kenny to the nearest Shampoodles
every off-day for his grooming.
While the lather bloomed on Kenny's belly,
he thought over and over
about water, and how it can sit, stagnate,
or spill, even squirt out — spumante .........
Nando got a text #1
You out with your doggo?
Heard you like a heath.
Down here you could walk him
in [Hampstead] with me,
and my bully — Capitano.
He’s got a few tricks up his sleeve!
You out with your doggo?
Heard you like a heath.
Down here you could walk him
in [Hampstead] with me,
and my bully — Capitano.
He’s got a few tricks up his sleeve!
......... and how we’re all helping the water
find it's way to the sea.
Why do dreams come in the day?
And why do dogs never break eye contact?
What aspect of that cosmic ocean
in the canine iris is so commanding?
Swallow me into the depths of my memory!
Swirl me to oblivion! Again! Again!