Name: 【TED】Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably) (Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably))
Uploaded: 2014-06-28T08:45:27.000Z
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Adverbs of manner

on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.

Do they think, do they feel and, if so, how?

I wanted to take the guesswork out of a lot of that

both of whom have taken the command "speak"

Seven to one is the ratio, they tend to say.

Whatever the number, I will pass him one day

and if this ever manages to cross his mind,

as you like to call the needle of oblivion,

When I watched you toweling yourself dry,

I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.

a napkin on your lap, a knife in your hand.

I admit the sight of the leash would excite me,

but only because it meant I was about to smell things

disliked your friends, and worse, your relatives.

You always scratched me in the wrong place."

"All I ever wanted from you was food and water

and that is all you need to know about this place,

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【TED】Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably) (Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably))

time

applause

want

scratch