WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.120 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.120 --> 00:00:05.220 align:middle line:84% The first poem is called Riven Doggeries. 00:00:05.220 --> 00:00:08.940 align:middle line:90% 00:00:08.940 --> 00:00:14.070 align:middle line:84% A miserable day, his dog had leapt from the window. 00:00:14.070 --> 00:00:17.760 align:middle line:84% The dog had leapt from my seven story apartment 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.330 align:middle line:84% into a police helicopter that had been hijacked 00:00:21.330 --> 00:00:24.570 align:middle line:90% by some well-meaning murderers. 00:00:24.570 --> 00:00:29.130 align:middle line:84% But it was for dogs they entertained no mercy. 00:00:29.130 --> 00:00:35.160 align:middle line:84% In that afternoon, late after a cold shower, I went for a ride 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:36.900 align:middle line:90% in our elevator. 00:00:36.900 --> 00:00:41.670 align:middle line:84% An immaculate dive, home of the lost soul and once third base 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:44.820 align:middle line:90% to late working things. 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:47.490 align:middle line:90% My animal has sunk. 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:49.440 align:middle line:90% He doesn't exist. 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:51.840 align:middle line:90% He won't come back. 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.480 align:middle line:84% The ideal pet however, is unrecognizable when it arrives. 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:01.620 align:middle line:84% And the river awash in the land afar. 00:01:01.620 --> 00:01:07.292 align:middle line:90%