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my view of the street

three mobile homes

fit into the window’s frame

the dog walkers pass by

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bulgy senior women

leashed to

overweight chihuahuas

or mixed breeds with

Jack Russell ancestry

or a hairy poodle ball

with drippy eyes

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What is so appealing?

These dogs are appalling

ugly, squat,

beloved companions

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My cats are young now,

slim, healthy.

Someday, perhaps

all three of us

will be scruffy and flatulent,

too fat or too bony.

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So God bless people who

love ugly dogs

God bless the dogs who

love old people

God bless my cats

And God keep me from judging