Doggie - Fred Thomas

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