Oyster Boy Review 16  
  Winter 2002
 
 
 
 
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Poetry


The German Shepherd

Danny P. Barbare


The German shepherd is not
even like a shadow of the owner.
On the contrary, if it could, it
would be the light, but the dog has
sunken ribs like a shadow on the
asphalt casted away, but kept,
until one day when it is a cloudy
day or rainy forever.