Aha
Yes, when I wrote it, it seemed to me that more than the dog were being
obedient i.e. the man, although I couldn't quite say how
but it just felt right
both were behaving to something outside of themselves
obedience to the poem or its structure is an interesting idea; thank you
L
On Wed, September 5, 2012 21:30, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> to the poem too. Lawrence? At any rate, that obedience seems to structure
> the whole, neatly...
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> Doug
> On 2012-09-05, at 2:26 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> A dog taut leashed...
>> Something observed,
>> squashed into road: the dog explores geometry and thus the psyche of her
>> Man,
>> moving closer to him, dropping the tension that's in between them; so that
>> he relaxes; and she is almost able to get close to what it is she wants to
>> sniff but not quite. He pulls her right back; and then they walk on,
>> obedient
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