stephen paulus - for a good dog lyrics
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my little dog ten years ago
was arrogant and spry
her backbone was a bended bow
for arrows in her eye
her step was proud, her bark was loud
her nose was in the sky
but she was ten years younger then
and so, by god, was i
small birds on stilts along the beach
rose up with piping cry
and as they flashed beyond her reach
i thought to see her fly
if natural law refused her wings
that law she would defy
for she could hear unheard+of things
and so, at times, could i
ten years ago she split the air
to seize what she could spy;
tonight she bumps against a chair
betrayed by milky eye
she seems to pant, time up, time upl
my little dog must die
and lie in dust with hector’s pup;
so, presently, must i
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