Pure Dog, from Mispronunciations Series

Pure Dog

I’ve mistaken this heart for a dog

Everyday I've been asking for

a pure dog

a clear dog

a crystal dog

…

I sit and I wait and I watch

And nothing

Just a dogs wanting

Im trying patient longing

Then something, maybe

Something like a murmur

Or a melting drop landing

Enough to keep going

I’ve tried caressing and caring, tending, sharing

But I’m restless, waiting, clock watching

And I feel this ongoing, this dogged longing

Patience I'm trying

Ongoing, loyal following

Now I’m reaching, grasping and crawling

Downward doging

Arching and aching, this longing for something, keeps calling

These cares and worries and wantings

But nothing moves with the sound of stories, sorries and lorries

As were walking and walking down this narrow path

With dogged longings

Its ongoing

This waiting for the heart and the dog and you God.

قلب- Heart

كلب- Dog