Dog Smiles

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Trembling barely contained

the murky coming, concealed

bared in patches, wet and stained

brown and yellow enamel revealed

Steadfast holding, conscience wide awake

ambling threat approaching, towering tall

bowered in the shadow cast, spine-hairs shake

shivering to bow before the shambling presence at all

Eyes meet a second too late

interaction integral, insolate, integrity intact

legs laid out all by the side, infatuate

rest in victory by merely defiance in the act

or instinct, fallacy, to the fatal end, innocence exact

standing in the way, one falls for the lack of knowing

what it means, whether to smile back,

the other is not smiling at all in fact.