7 April

Poem: The New Dog

by Jon Katz

The New Dog, by Linda Pastan

 

Into the gravity of my life,

the serious ceremonies

of polish and paper,

and pen, has come

this manic animal

whose innocent disruptions

make nonsense

of my old simplicities

as if I needed him

to prove again that after 

all the careful planning,

anything can happen.”

3 Comments

  1. “Anything can happen” should be on an official document given to everyone who acquires a Boston Terrier, for sure. One mine once “buried” a stick of butter under my daughter’s pillow, so on a hot summer night she went to bed &. . .

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