Palacio de Gobierno #7
The dog lay there
moving not moving not
Perhaps dogs are not valued here
Perhaps I look with American eyes
perhaps perhaps perhaps
As the dog lay there
part of me part of me
wanting to go over
waiting to go over
was this a dog that lives with breath
or just a past dog
little known, unremembered
That dog was still there
as I tried to look away
then a young boy came up
and the dog with a past
went to his present and future
went to his present and future
This unnamed dog remains in memory
witness to what is true is false
witness to what is false is true
Somewhere in here
is buried a prayer
I wish I knew how
I wish I knew where