Research: Journals
The Journal, Issue 30.1
Prose: Dogs
by Jay HoplerAfter reading John Berryman’s 63rd Dream Song
Dogs pass no laws against you and knock not they your daughters up and do not to Manhattan go with your last two hundred dollars so, in general,Dogs are A-OK with me. It’s people should be neutered and kept off the grass. People
And cats. People—like cats—are mean and always breeding and make your teeth hurt.
Plus, they’re sneaky—which is a lousy, fucking rotten thing to be.
No dog caught dead would sneaking be
And anyone says otherwise is a bullshit,
Cat-loving liar. A dog can’t
Lie, by the way—and a cat can’t tell the truth and people, at least the ones I’ve known,
Can’t tell the difference. That’s why I
Live alone—one of the reasons—with
My two dogs, that and because no one
Else will have me.
