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A howling came to me one night.

It spoke so proud, so beautiful.

I hear you breathing, scared dog.

Dog I was, beastly, snarling and hungry.

Like our fellow afflicted, unquivering.

Who was this voice that beckoned me to answer?

Lashing and creeping outside my door?

Bespoke, wordless, breathless.

I remembered.

I buried her last night.

her