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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Kiss Kiss

one of our dogs, Puck
Like a pink party blower
uncoiled in a puff of warm air
his tongue escapes its cage
of little white barbs
Unfurling against my face
it rubs my skin
again
and
again
until wet becomes
a fine sandpaper
A dog's kiss
pure sloppy guileless

and The Poetry Pantry #76 at Poets United