The Direction of Intention

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Judy and Kim performed this poem from memory for me. The last phrase was Kim’s, which he delivered with great gusto and brought gales of laughter to us all.
Golden Retrievals by Mark Doty
Fetch Balls and sticks capture my attention
Seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so.
Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s -oh
joy-actually scared. Sniff the wind, then

I’m off again; muck, pond, residue
of any thrillingly dead thing. And you?
Either you’re sunk in the past, half our walk,
thinking of what you can never bring back,

or else you’re off in some fog concerning
– tomorrow, is that what you call it? My work;
to unsnare time’s warp(and woof!), retrieving,
my haze-headed friend, you. This shining bark,

a Zen master’s bronzy gong, calls you here,
entirely, now; bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow.

Kim and Judy, like the golden retriever in this poem, call me to be here and now. That is among their great teachings for me. Bow-wow!

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