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Pat Boran
A Man is Only as Good . . .
A Man is Only as Good . . .
A Man is Only as Good . . .
A man is only as goodas what he says to a dog
when he has to get up out of bed
in the middle of a wintry night
because some damned dog has been barking;
and he goes and opens the door
in his vest and boxer shorts
and there on the pock-marked wasteground
called a playing field out front
he finds the mutt with one paw
raised in expectation
and an expression that says Thank God
for a minute there I thought
there was no one awake but me
in this goddamned town.
© 2007, Pat Boran
From: New and Selected Poems
Publisher: Dedalus Press, Dublin
From: New and Selected Poems
Publisher: Dedalus Press, Dublin
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A Man is Only as Good . . .
A man is only as goodas what he says to a dog
when he has to get up out of bed
in the middle of a wintry night
because some damned dog has been barking;
and he goes and opens the door
in his vest and boxer shorts
and there on the pock-marked wasteground
called a playing field out front
he finds the mutt with one paw
raised in expectation
and an expression that says Thank God
for a minute there I thought
there was no one awake but me
in this goddamned town.
From: New and Selected Poems
A Man is Only as Good . . .
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