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Il Conformista (Poem for a Dog)

Dog Canto

        Outside… il
conformista
                walk
milkbone
                                        roll-over
                                        il
conformista
        Sit!
sit!
                il
conformista
        Paw!
paw!
                il
conformista
                                roll-over
il conformista…
        Good
doggy.
        Good good
doggy.
                                Fidelius.

Brian Stefans
—Il Conformista (Poem for a Dog) (Free Space Comix: The Blog)

A poem that uses only words that a (particular) dog understands. Found via GrandTextAuto.

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