We Are Together, And

Published in

Dog Is Us

Dec 4, 2020

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we are together, and ones
who found fire together, chins
held high together —

we were together, and spliced
grass and ice, viced, sliced open
tied knots together —

we woke together, and went
broke, bought time together, sought,
caught, climbed, and pined together —

David Olimpio

Written by David Olimpio

Editor for

Dog Is Us

I write things. And take photos. Of dogs, mostly. Recovering literary magazine editor. Author of This Is Not a Confession.

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