I’m standing
outside my building,
smoking, waiting.
my Uber – or Via, or
Lyft – is booked and
it wants me to meet him
at the corner. my neighbor
comes out behind me
with his small white
fluffy dog. I wonder
if he hates his dog
as much as I do. I
wonder if it’s possible
for any human being
to hate that dog
as much as I do.
