for Hayden Carruth <br /> <br />If you didn't see the six-legged dog, <br />It doesn't matter. <br />We did, and he mostly lay in the corner. <br />As for the extra legs, <br /> <br />One got used to them quickly <br />And thought of other things. <br />Like, what a cold, dark night <br />To be out at the fair. <br /> <br />Then the keeper threw a stick <br />And the dog went after it <br />On four legs, the other two flapping behind, <br />Which made one girl shriek with laughter. <br /> <br />She was drunk and so was the man <br />Who kept kissing her neck. <br />The dog got the stick and looked back at us. <br />And that was the whole show.<br /><br />Charles Simic<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/country-fair/
