dog songs

gated and gone

the dogs never stop

shedding and growling

and shitting on the ground

where i step

them barking for me to do it

try them

come before they disappear

in hairs that litter the street

do it

do it

and i do

saying shit

trying to rub it on the grass

they peed on

them howling mad about

the whole thing

really quite happy

singing those dog songs

that sound like loneliness

tied down with longing

that makes them shed

and growl

and shit more

until i come the next day

and they’re tough

real tough

doing it

doing it tough

and i’m stupidly clean

and moving close like a knife

but not like a pillow

so they yap those

dog discussions dealt

in a language i understand

being part dog myself

because i growl

that i am just trying to be friendly

and i shit later on

and i look out of the window sometimes

where those dogs live

and they must hear me

for they look out too

and i feel like i know

what it means to be

gated and gone

and to

do it

do it

all wrong