WELLNESS

been hocking 

loogies

for three weeks

i'm dying

until i see 

the neighbor's

dog, he does 

his business

on the parkway

and meeting

anybody on the 

sidewalk wags

his tail using his 

entire body joyously

infectiously, brilliantly

he suffers from

numerous ailments 

so that his

scrumptious owner

forbids my giving

him treats 

bought especially

for the purpose

which saddens me

enormously

but with his epilepsy

his social anxiety

so she says

i honor her 

wishes, look on

from afar, from 

across the street

oh, that he 

were mine

oh, that he

were mine

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