Living with a Genius
My dog doesn’t take drugs.
He can get high on the scent
of March tulips, levitate
above the park
pissing from the heavens
and trailing his toes
over the heads
of Greek gods.
He can read messages
in the wet maps
that stain the pavements,
check the weather on a lamppost,
scan the news on the leg of a bench.
My dog knows
how to chase a ball,
skin a rabbit, catch a stick,
grout the tiles,
remove butter stains
from delicate fabrics,
spell his name backwards,
say Thank you
in 36 different languages
and change engine oil
without spilling a drop.
My dog reads Heidegger
and Wittgenstein
when I go to work,
studies cryogenics and metaphysics,
corrects my poems with red biro,
underlines punctuation errors,
suggests better line breaks.
My dog can catch ghosts,
snap the spines of evil spirits;
scare away burglars
with his intellectual wit.
He can get high on the scent
of March tulips, levitate
above the park
pissing from the heavens
and trailing his toes
over the heads
of Greek gods.
He can read messages
in the wet maps
that stain the pavements,
check the weather on a lamppost,
scan the news on the leg of a bench.
My dog knows
how to chase a ball,
skin a rabbit, catch a stick,
grout the tiles,
remove butter stains
from delicate fabrics,
spell his name backwards,
say Thank you
in 36 different languages
and change engine oil
without spilling a drop.
My dog reads Heidegger
and Wittgenstein
when I go to work,
studies cryogenics and metaphysics,
corrects my poems with red biro,
underlines punctuation errors,
suggests better line breaks.
My dog can catch ghosts,
snap the spines of evil spirits;
scare away burglars
with his intellectual wit.
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