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Caption: the big dog
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Caption: Down in the Busskill Valley
Lived a dog named Zo,
always the biggest pooch
wherever he would go.
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Caption: More massive than grown men,
even faraway he looked tall,
“Not a dog around,” thought Zo,
“Could ever make ME feel small!"
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Caption: Such unshakeable confidence
fueled Zo’s world view:
it made even cool days feel warm,
and gray skies appear crystal blue.
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Caption: And so, Zo felt great
as he strolled a new street,
one morning when he looked up
and saw two large feet,
Caption: And above them:
huge legs,
giant ears,
a big kisser.
Eyes climbing,
Zo thought,
"What have we
got here, Mister?"
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Caption: “That can’t be a dog,
there's no way,
but it is.
Up there …
on that roof ….
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Caption: ... that whole building is his!"
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Caption: “Do my peepers deceive me?
Is he bigger than I?
Oh, who am I kidding ...
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Caption: He
blocks
out
the
sky! He blocks out the sky!
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Caption: “Could he be part Bull?
Smooth Fox? Jack Russell?
Would even Godzilla
with this fella tussle?”
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Caption: Politely, Zo nodded
and yipped a hello.
But the roof dog’s response was
too slight to show.
Or too little, at least,
to detect from
the street,
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Caption: At the level of Zo's
suddenly rapid feet.
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Caption: “Good day, sir,” Zo barked,
without looking back,
“It appears on this street
you've got things well intact.
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Caption: “Should you stop what you’re doing?
Because of me?!?
No!
You just hang out up there,
I’ll go keep being Zo.”
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Caption: Then off Zo trotted,
nervously smiling
while in his brain,
this address,
he was filing.
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Caption: “No need to revisit.
That spot is all good.
I’m sure I’m needed more
in another neighborhood.”
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Caption: Since that cool, gray morning
THAT street downtown
is one somehow Zo's
paws have not re-found,
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Caption: And to this day old Zo
still gets thrown in a fog
thinking back to first meeting
that other big dog.
Caption: Words & Pictures by
@TweedTypewriter
For more visit:
tweedtypewriter.com
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