This made me chuckle.
Thank you
Tina
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From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Sonnet: My Dog Sunyata
> Sonnet: My Dog Sunyata
>
> Having a bite--felafel or maybe a slice of pizza (extra
> cheese, no meat)--I watched the dog outside, leashed to a utility
> pole, sitting quietly, waiting for its master or mistress, whatever,
> reminding me of my dog Sunyata, who never failed to amuse
>
> me whenever I took notice of him. "Here, Sunyata,"
> I would command, and he would unfailingly obey, come
> to wherever I was and sit there, looking up at me
> with his brown eyes. My dog Sunyata hated the president
>
> as much as I did, rolled his eyes and growled whenever
> he came on TV. My wife had taken to leaving us alone
> at such times, knowing that to do otherwise would invite
> retribution. Streetcars still came and went in those days,
>
> taking their power from overhead powerlines, as though
> power were something just there to be taken.
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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