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Weltlich
Feb 13, 2006
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Weltlich
Feb 13, 2006
Grimey Drawer
The Reality of Hunting Dogs

Heaven’s net casts wide.
Though its meshes are coarse, nothing slips through.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching #71

Half remembered, now: a dark October night,
bracing cold, and all hounds — save one — placed
back into the camper shell by starlight.
My grandfather’s ears scanned the gloom. He paced,
listening for the baying, then scooped me up —
striding into the swamp. Lit by carbide,
muddy paw prints (evidence of his pup?)
were all we found along the bayou’s side.
Over pine covered hillocks, he’d let me tramp,
before carrying me across hip-deep
marshes. We turned back in twilight’s damp
chill. She sat truck-side, like nothing was amiss -
her nose swelling up from a copperhead’s kiss.

Weltlich
Feb 13, 2006
Grimey Drawer
Down 2 Judge

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