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 battle everyday,
our fears and expectations.
To love is to dig ourselves into a quagmire
howling with despair.
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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