{"id":254577,"date":"2023-02-22T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=254577"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:19:09","slug":"alone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2023\/02\/22\/alone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A poem<\/a> by Jack Gilbert:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never thought Michiko would come back
after she died. But if she did, I knew
it would be as a lady in a long white dress.
It is strange that she has returned
as somebody’s dalmatian. I meet
the man walking her on a leash
almost every week. He says good morning
and I stoop down to calm her. He said
once that she was never like that with
other people. Sometimes she is tethered
on their lawn when I go by. If nobody
is around, I sit on the grass. When she
finally quiets, she puts her head in my lap
and we watch each other’s eyes as I whisper
in her soft ears. She cares nothing about
the mystery. She likes it best when
I touch her head and tell her small
things about my days and our friends.
That makes her happy the way it always did.<\/p>\n

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A poem by Jack Gilbert: I never thought Michiko would come backafter she died. But if she did, I knewit would be as a lady in a long white dress.It is strange that she has returnedas somebody’s dalmatian. I meetthe man walking her on a leashalmost every week. He says good morningand I stoop down … <\/p>\n

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