Omitted

Not to use the term lightly
But when a word is stricken,
extracted and pulled
Worse to be struck
But not by much
Bad dog gets it when it can
Or bad luck, and just filled with ticks since who knows when
Maybe filled with half-lessons and half-truths
Worse to think of this thing alone
Perhaps in a pack
Like so many cigarettes
standing at attention
Maybe flipping one over
Tails side up
And calling him
Lucky
Giving stern directions
To follow suit
Everytime
without fail
These are instructions to obey
In a partnership or litter
crew or den
Captain's log sounds fair
but only tells one side
It's still a story
and can(not) be changed, scratched, translated
interpreted
Set up
For all indents and paragraphs
With tail tucked
Two dogs on a wharf
Lovers
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1.9.12