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dog at Tsopema

we walked around
the holy lake
suddenly
a dying dog

its wounds horrific
the pain and pathos
of its last breathing

alone in the afternoon
I returned and gazed
then something inside
let go

what if I really stopped
asking the world
to make me happy?

Tsopema
Tsopema
HC: 2005