Doggie

All summer long
Through dazed phases and cold coffee songs
All of the time was spent
Two glued friends slept on the floor in a strange arrangement
All summer long
Stumbling numbly around at the mall
All of the days, they went
No reflections and no requests
Just the din of a distant celebration heard through basement walls
In a house with all the windows closed
Light kept out by black towels
And the cold coming down in a soundless noise
“Doggie, I love you. I love you.”
When the sun was gone
They ventured out on the lawn and by the post office that was always closed
A moonlit and wordless walk towards love at the edge of dissociation
Where nothing was wrong
And everything could be held
In a cloud where you can’t touch your friends
Just reach out in a voice that says
“New days, please be good to us.”
Doggie, I love you
I love you