Sleeping Dogs

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Hailey Leithauser

Sleeping Dogs

 

      Pile high their pillows, toss
      the books from their chairs,
      spread cotton blankets on
      the chesterfield, re-carpet the stair.
      Unplug the phone, the radios,
      cram them in a drawer;
      net the bright spring birds, poison
      the rabbit and squirrel.
      Draw the front room curtains close
      and let no suitor knock the door;
      leave their silent muzzles drowse
      a cool and moonless floor.