This writing sprang from the illustration that fact and fiction are a married couple, sleep in the same bed, spoon each other, toggle their singularity, their coupledom, are up for debate, up for renewal, wagging the dog, dogging the wag, duping each other and back again, on our doorsteps, begging for food.

Dog

The dog was here

I put her everywhere

She was one and ten

Here and there again

All at once —  all together

    one at a time

Not even mine, I

    cloned her

The snow was here

Real cold freeze

Ten dogs she be

Yet only one — or none

Not what you see

The dog wasn’t here

      just me

1/8/2022 digital art and text by djl.  Procreate digital art program is great for cutting and pasting images into a scene. I used a few photos of my daughter's Australian Koolie, Roo, and put Roo on our doorsteps, replicating the images to create many dogs.  It was so much fun!