She kept crackers bedside,
magazines next to the dog,
eyes on the television
nose to the gossip pages.
I used to lie on the pillow
and smell the dog smelling.
The dog is all alone now.
Leaving
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Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination. View all posts by Patrick Dobson