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Here's a poem-- another
poem about a dog.

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This one is one of the sonnets.

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Going to read like five more.

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"All I Did for
Him," it's called.

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"When I fought the
dog we almost danced.

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We loved each other that
much, and he was strong,

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not counting even
his teeth and claws.

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And I had trouble
pushing against him,

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even though his shoulders
were weaker in that position.

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Nor was he intended,
as Aristotle might say,

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for fighting standing
up like that,

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the way maybe a bear
was more intended.

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Or certainly an ape, with his
gross imitation of a human.

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Or a human of him, if I could
step into that muck a minute.

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And he was taller than
me, as I remember,

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which made him huge
for a dog, and made

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me feel small standing on two
legs with my weak left knee

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impaired, as it was.

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And smelling his breath, and
shocked by his giant head,

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and what had to be a look I
never expected in his eyes,

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though I had to know
it would be like that.

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For who was I anyhow, to bicker
as I did, or think that love,

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as I called it, all I did
for him, the food and water I

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gave him I could barter?

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I couldn't even find my pocket.

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I couldn't take out a dollar."

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