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Here I am in town With my sniffing dogs And wearing eagle’s eyes I climb over bomb blasted ruins Searching for survivor jobs From every cornering street My dogs I scatter all over Hoping they will un-earth An opportunity For me to be used But all I hear is only A barking silence I continue to wait and hope That time will lick with a difference For me to swing my tail But now without fail My tail is locked between My thighs waiting with A chained impatience Like a gold digger For the dog they say Every day has

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Date: 1/21/2016 2:00:00 AM
Thanks,SKAT A
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Date: 1/19/2016 8:24:00 PM
JOSEPH, I really enjoyed this poem thanks for sharing **SKAT**
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Date: 3/27/2015 10:02:00 AM
nice analogy to a dawg life...good write
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Date: 4/4/2015 12:44:00 AM
Thanks....

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