"Something in the Water."
"Maybe today, the woman who walks her dog
will just walk her dog.
Maybe wet, she'll walk her dog wet.
As fat as she was yesterday, but you
won't have to say fat, or wet dog, or anything at all.
You may be tempted to say gee, that's a mighty big dog.
But maybe the skin, and the bark,
and the drops, and the hair, will walk the day without it.
Maybe today, you'll just see a woman walking,
or a form moving.
Or a dog in a form, or form in the rain.
Maybe today, you'll sit and not have to say anything at all.
Whoever sits next to you will have to go unentertained.
Her form will form her form in falling forms,
and your mouth will make no empty shapes on air."