Acquired, perhaps, in 2020,
When everyone, it seemed, was getting dogs -
Too many dogs, in retrospect.
Dogs don’t know what their names mean;
It wouldn’t help them if they did.
They know the sound, and they can catch the tone,
And slink or swagger, as the case demands.
There’s knowledge and then there’s knowledge.
Hindsight (the dog) doesn’t know what he knows.
But if the moment came for action, he
Would know instinctively just what to do
And already be doing it, without thinking,
Or wasting a single moment looking back.
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