there is no cause of our time
so we repose

a female figure skater
slammed into the ice
in slow motion
rankles my memory

her partner misjudged everything
and I laughed incredulously
as I viewed the video

because it is kind of like that

how much trust they had
to get to that level of competition

I returned home to an ecstatic dog
twirling at my feet

he has no idea what it is like
but he feels fear and sadness
and in that way I can love him
because he is not so different

he just doesn't know the thoughts
echoing in my head at night
as he easily falls asleep at my feet

and for that too
I find it easy to love him