Time to head home. I wait
until we're nearly out to the main road
to put him back on the leash, and he
— the designated optimist —
imagines to the end that he is free.


Collected Poems (2005 edition), Graywolf Press


Time to head home. I wait until we're nearly out to the main road to put him back on the leash, and he — the designated optimist — imagines to...

Time to head home. I wait until we're nearly out to the main road to put him back on the leash, and he — the designated optimist — imagines to...

Time to head home. I wait until we're nearly out to the main road to put him back on the leash, and he — the designated optimist — imagines to...

Time to head home. I wait until we're nearly out to the main road to put him back on the leash, and he — the designated optimist — imagines to...