I take it you are alluding to Churchillian Black Dogs, Pat, hence the happiness. Depression can be certainly counted as a gain when it is lost, even temporarily.
Bill
> On 6 Aug 2014, at 6:06 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> BLACK DOGS
>
> he went out
> that morning
> for a walk
> with his pack
> of black dogs
> but happily
> managed to
> lose them
> in the park
>
>
> pmcmanus
> r566
>
>
> OLD
> (found poem)
>
> he
> is an
> old man
>
> past fifty
>
>
> pmcmanus
> r565
> can't remember source
>
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