Dog Days
Dog Days

I walked around Philadelphia,
happy to be lonely,
waiting only for trains,
a feeling of equilibrium.

I must tell you,
Ethel and I had pizza and beer
in her parents' bed
with the TV on.
Yes.
I read Ferlenghetti on the bus,
and (I swear this is true)
the park we used to call the dog park
always had a dog in it.
I walked past the sign:
"No Dogs."

That's what happens when you only go there in the summer.
Winter sucked.
Fall stripped the place.
Now I know.

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