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AFTER IKKYU: 13 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THE HOUND I'VE KNOWN FOR THREE YEARS
Last Line: AND MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE WHEN HE GETS THERE.

The hound I've known for three years
trots down the mountain road
with a nod at me, pretending he knows
what he's doing miles from home
on a sunlit morning. He's headed
for a kind of place he hasn't quite found yet
and might not recognize when he gets there.



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