I've Been Thinking

I've been thinking
about my dog.

I've been thinking
that he's old.

I've been thinking
I should shoot him

because he's so old
and because he's
a dog.

But I think
my dog thinks
that's a bit
drastic.

I think that
he thinks that
he'd rather, say,
change his name

from "dimples"
to maybe "wrinkles."

Then he could
lay in the corner
with his wrinkles and
be old.

And I could
keep the gun
wrapped in oilcloth,

and throw bones.

I've been thinking,
a lot lately,

about dog bones.

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