Snap: Midwinter
Two-dog night, this one¹, they¹d say,
in Aboriginal Australia,
shivering as the camp fire died,
humans and dogs snuggling together.
This dark cold night, as the dogs jump
up on our bed (the pup still needs
a hand up) they must be murmuring:
two-human night, this one.¹
Max Richards
Melbourne
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