Today, a chronique

i thought it was a dog whimpering
         in the next building.
   and then i heard a muffled mumble,
                           sighs, contentment,
             sweat probably dripping,
  i couldn't know, I don't, really,

it was not a dog  ...
                         it never was .

it was 4pm

unedited sand magnolias. March 2022, Strasbourg, France. ©le_chah_errant

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