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Joshua the basset hound

A poem.

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A basset hound named Buggy has his ears combed at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York.

presses his聽 鈥媌road chest against
my leg,
reminding me to keep on
scratching, patting, scratching more;
reminding me to leave my thoughts
and be with
him,
reminding me that this
is the point of all the rest:
to lean with one鈥檚 whole being
into the life of another,
to lean with guileless heart,
to lean,
even if, unlike the dog,
we are afraid of falling.

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