The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for September 2015 (20th Anniversary Special)

the sleeping dog lies
stubby
immaculate
half erect
dreaming (perhaps)

silent

recumbent
and alive with
no need to
wonder or
worry

breathing in
and out its
sour dogs' breath

warming the blanket
beneath it and
the earth
              beneath
that

a heirarchy of
entropy and
thermo-
dynamics and
tail wagging
(now and then)

we are all
(i suppose) winding
down but
the dog
is effortless
and steady
state

it needs no
past an
ticipates no
further than
the next
meal or
walk out or
lie-in and
never when
it's sleeping

only when you
or i dangle a
leash
or rattle a
bowl
or when its
own faithful
bowels
growl

the sleeping
dog on its
side
       short legs
straight

farting once
(or twice)
and yawning
raising its
head only to
lick its
lips and
sigh
       and lie
back again

tail wagging
(now and then)
This is the 20th anniversary of this site. In celebration I have reprinted (and corrected) one my favorites from the last 20 years.
In the original version, the first line in the second column was "it needs no pass" and for this 'anniversary version' I have corrected it to "it needs no past." The original version could have been a reference to a transit pass, or a hall pass, or some other kind of permission slip. Or it could have been a typo, and in the context of the next lines, it probably was.
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