Do not buy a bird, with a cage and toys to play,
one open window and it will fly away.
Do not buy a dog that looks at you with dopey eyes,
it will break your heart when it dies.
Do not buy a kitten that chews your earrings on a date,
you won't be able to keep it from slipping through the gate.
Above all, do not love.
To love is to sob
over the single feather left at the sill
To love is to long
for the warm weight in our arms
To love is to be alone
with imprints of all who have now since
flown away, died, slipped through the gate
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