When I look at the sky now, I look at it for you
As if with enough attention, I could take it in for you
With all the leaves gone almost from
The trees, I did not walk briskly through the field
Late today with my dog Wool, I lay down in the upper field
He panting and aged, me looking at the blue. Leaning
On him, I wondered how finite these lustered days seem
To you, A stand of hemlock across the lake catches
My eye. It will take a long time to know how it is
For you. Like a dog's lifetime -- long -- multiplied by sevens
As if with enough attention, I could take it in for you
With all the leaves gone almost from
The trees, I did not walk briskly through the field
Late today with my dog Wool, I lay down in the upper field
He panting and aged, me looking at the blue. Leaning
On him, I wondered how finite these lustered days seem
To you, A stand of hemlock across the lake catches
My eye. It will take a long time to know how it is
For you. Like a dog's lifetime -- long -- multiplied by sevens
( Karen Chase )
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