Article: Mastiff.

 
MASTIFF 
 
Eastern Han Dynasty, Art Institute of Chicago 
 
   If he stood near my tomb 
   like a persistent muse 
   maybe death would be the next 
   adventure, fabulous in its rush 
   away from here, the green troubled 
   earth that keeps me waking up, 
   petulant, cautious of rapture or 
   love, haunted by mirages and deja vu 
   moments. Thick in the shoulders, his 
   stance is alert and courageous, 
   ears cocked, head and muzzle lifted 
   as though listening to something 
   in the far distance. Fashioned 
   from earthenware and lead, of the second 
   or third century, his tail curls 
   neatly over his back and appears 
   to quiver with taut excitement. 
   He ...

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