Of Immortality & Sleeping Dogs

in the hushing wind

raining grays

quieting sounds

of a warm house

I find I know little of souls immortal

know less of my own if

I even own one

or even more than

but of the sexes

if souls exist

from what I have seen in this terrible

and mortal world

only the women will own 
all the blessed souls

immortal

while I am at least graced

with the deep breaths

curled bodies

of sleeping

dogs

jppestana November 4, 2016