what's a bluetooth?
On 7/21/08, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Big Dog
>
>
> Having attained in his first year
> 140 pounds, the Newfie
> has figured out about as much
> as he's going to, except
> the heat. He implodes on the sidewalk,
> his sigh a major statement. His mistress,
> as tall as he is long, and dressed
> for Pilates or running, bends
> as she talks, straightens, hair swaying,
> as if her Bluetooth were a saxophone,
> she soloing. The dog
> is unsure if her tone
> means Office or Boyfriend
> at the horizon of time, this evening.
> He sniffs the water set out for dogs
> in a shallow metal bowl. It's hot,
> and stinks, but he decides it's water.
> Cars nose the curb
> as if nursing, leave as if full.
> The mistress, still talking, drifts
> away from an old couple
> admiring the dog. The man pats his head,
> saying *You're certainly a big dog*.
> A little girl stares,
> hesitates. The dog pants and drools.
> The mother croons, *He's a nice dog*;
> the girl approaches, then decides to cry.
> The Newfie sighs again. Is emotion
> required here, or only observation?
>
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