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On dogs, love, and pawprint socks

02•17•12

Happy Friday, everyone!

I spent yesterday having my third – and final! woot! – surgery to get ready for interferon on Monday. For the first month it’s two hours every day, so posting might be even more sporadic than it is now. We shall see! Because I’m looking for silver linings and such, imagine how excited I was to see these were my hospital-issued socks yesterday!

Um, yeah, my giant feet need XL adult socks, but I was so excited about the pawprints I made John snap a pic!
Um, yeah, my giant feet need XL adult socks, but I was so excited about the pawprints I made John snap a pic!

Anyway, I meant to post this poem on Valentine’s Day, but the week got away from me… Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

How Falling in Love is like Owning a Dog
by Taylor Mali

First of all, it’s a big responsibility,
especially in a city like New York.
So think long and hard before deciding on love.
On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:
when you’re walking down the street late at night
and you have a leash on love
ain’t no one going to mess with you.
Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable.
Who knows what love could do in its own defense?

On cold winter nights, love is warm.
It lies between you and lives and breathes
and makes funny noises.
Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.
It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.

Love doesn’t like being left alone for long.
But come home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,
but you can never be mad at love for long.

Is love good all the time? No! No!
Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.

Love makes messes.
Love leaves you little surprises here and there.
Love needs lots of cleaning up after.
Somethimes you just want to get love fixed.
Sometimes you want to roll up a piece of newspaper
and swat love on the nose,
not so much to cause pain,
just to let love know Don’t you ever do that again!

Sometimes love just wants to go out for a nice long walk.
Because love loves exercise. It will run you around the block
and leave you panting, breathless. Pull you in different directions
at once, or wind itself around and around you
until you’re all wound up and you cannot move.

But love makes you meet people wherever you go.
People who have nothing in common but love
stop and talk to each other on the street.

Throw things away and love will bring them back,
again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.

Taylor Mali

Mali. Taylor. “How Falling in Love is like Owning a Dog.” What Learning Leaves. Newtown, CT: Hanover Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN: 1-­?887012-­?17-­?6)

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  1. mayziegal says

    02•17•12 at 1:26 pm

    Miss Maggie, we’re sending you lots of good wishes and LOVE today.

    And speaking of LOVE, we LOVED your LOVE poem! Thank you, thank you for sharing it with us! Oh, and your socks. We LOVE those, too!

    Wiggles & Wags,
    Mayzie

    Reply
    • Maggie says

      02•17•12 at 1:36 pm

      Aww! Thanks, Miss Mayzie!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

      Reply
  2. John says

    02•17•12 at 4:45 pm

    Great poem! And great socks! Cheers to you and your last surgery!

    Reply
    • Maggie says

      02•18•12 at 12:09 am

      Thanks, John! 🙂 Of course I totally stole those hospital socks at check out… just like you stole their pen!

      Reply
  3. Sarah says

    02•17•12 at 6:09 pm

    With feet that big, you’ll have no problem stomping the crap out of the big C-word! 🙂 Love the socks!!

    Reply
    • Maggie says

      02•18•12 at 12:09 am

      Ha!!! Thanks, Sarah! 🙂

      Reply

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