Article: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Border Dog (not Collie).(Poem)

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Border Dog (not Collie) 
 
   To the memory of I.P. Pavlov 
   And all the laboratory dogs 
   Of the medical academy of the 
   Russian armed forces 
 
   Frozen dog 
   Brought back to life. 
 
   "Astonishing!" called the man 
   With the reedy voice. 
 
   "And he's not the only one," 
   replied the stranger. 
 
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   Being a dog is an empty car park at noon. 
   "Nothing but trouble ..." and seasickness on land. 
   Being a dog is this and that, taking instruction from garbage heaps, 
   A knuckle sandwich for dinner, orgasms in mud. 
   Being a dog is whatever happens next, randomness 
   The mother of boredom and incomprehension. 
   ...

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