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# Poems Ducks Ducks in pairs on logs and shores Ducks in tandem flight Ducks in V’s of ten or more Ducks in love with life Fort Boysnuggle Fort Boysnuggle A fort for boys to snuggle in The boys can be humans or dogs They can have a vagina or a penis But they must say they identify as a boy While in Fort Boysnuggle Fort Girlsnuggle will be on Wednesdays and Fridays Fort Enbysnuggle on Thursday and Sunday Fort Bring Your Own Gender Identity on Monday Dog Pee I think it’s pretty cool that my dog can pee where he wants to. On people’s yards, next to the sidewalk, wherever. I think public urination should be a right, not a crime. It’s not like a big deal, but like, I do think that. Passing by a T intersection in a gravel road by a pasture This morning was very cool but it has since begun to heat up and I am now overdressed in three layers of clothing: long sleeve shirt, sweater, winter jacket. I can see vapor rising off of a big puddle in the road like this land’s breath. New Recording 5 Feel the cool spring-scented breeze tingle across your drunken face as you and a dog stumble your way through the woods. Grocery List Go outside and bite the plants: Go outside and pick off little parts of the plants that you see and bite down on them in order to learn their taste and give their power to yourself. With deliberateness bite down on the plants that you find while outside, slowly crush the planty fibers between your upper set of teeth and your lower set of teeth and meditate on the flavors that come about because you have done this. If you need recommendations, here are some starting points you may consider depending on local availability: a pine needle; a big fistful of grass; a leaf from a tree; two other leaves from two other different looking trees or bushes; a small berry, just one of whatever the first type that you find is, no more than the one; a fresh, green twig; an entire flower at once; a lump of dirt; a lump of dirt from somewhere else. When you bite these things, keep them in your mouth for at least a minute or two; The point is not to eat, but to learn more than there may have seemed there to learn from initial visual impressions. If there are poisonous or dangerous plants where you live, maybe don’t or at least bring a friend. But if you live in like Wisconsin go for it: Go outside and familiarize yourself gustatorily with the world that you have a place on. Queer Dogs Some dogs like humans (Most dogs who like anyone like humans) Squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel climb climb climb yay good job Apparent Loneliness Hanging out with friends, one makes a joke at my expense about how I am single, I have no sex life, I am alone. I am happy to swallow it and know, myself, how wrong they are. My love with my dog— my sexy, beautiful, affectionate, caring dog— demands no public displays. It does not need validation or certificate. It can be for him and me alone and be good: everything that either of us needs. Partners In Really Emotionally Healthy And Cool Crimes I would really recommend becoming jerk off buddies with a dog if you happen to know one who would be down with that and there’s any overlapping availability in both of your schedules. He or she might even give it a few licks, kiss you for a little bit, or let you throw your arm around him or her for a sec and let you give him or her a few affectionate strokes on the back while you’re all squirmy and snuggly. Even barring these things, if he or she is chill about you taking care of yourself while they hang out, but he or she would rather not get too paws-on about your masturbation themselves then even just having someone else there in the room who you’re friends with is fun. Feeling It Drunk and really feeling this mattress you did a big leap onto the bed and laid down with me. Smushing my balls around with one hand I nuzzled into your side. Realizing how much I appreciate this, I grabbed my notebook and felt-tip pen and on the bed beside you I wrote down this poem. Sniffs I think most dog people would get something out of with your dog while he or she is lying down respectfully lifting their tail and lying down with them rest your face in front of their butthole and just lie there with them flaring your nostrils and taking in the smells over time seconds, minutes, as you get to know the rear end of their digestive tract a whole lot more intimately smelling their odor and occasional gas each fart smelling a little bit different to the others, hitting a little bit different to the others. There is no need to lick or kiss, to pleasure or to entertain— just stay there, lying down with your face in his or her butthole, sniffing, sensing, taking in, and all in all generally observing what it is like back there. Zoo or non zoo, I think you will feel closer with your dog afterwards. The dogs already know each other like this, by their smells, but they have better noses, so as a human you gotta get real close and personal up in there. Memo 100% optional “this dick” proposal— it’s there if you want it. Aw, thank you. Good dog. Air Conditioning The air conditioning unit is an extremely un-subtle droning as my boyfriend and I lie together in bed, each of us naked head to toes. Neither of us is really trying to fall asleep yet. We snuggle and we make out, human tongue and doggy tongue dancing in this cool, naked bedroom. Someday tonight we will go to sleep for real and wake up well rested. Dogs Dogs Still Dogs tbh still Dogs tbh kissin em walkin em pettin em givin em personal space if they want it and being happy to know that they’re happy givin em good food every day that’s healthy for them and that they like listinin to what they got to tell you about tossin em dog treats or handing them to them depending on their preference at that moment tossin or handin em a second or maybe even a third dog treat because you like them so much takin naps together hangin out dogs are great Maternal Snuggled up into your tummy I think about the fact that you probably drank from your mother. I wonder whether you remember that. I wonder whether you hold in you some maternal instinct that makes you accepting when I want to nuzzle into your stomach. Whatever you are, maternal or stud, you are perfect. Untitled Maturation Wet dog smell Getting hair in your mouth Things that once seemed bad Now nice Moment Hanging out on the bed Dude and dog You’re worried about the dishwasher I’m here for you All the security and space you need Memento Cuddling nostrils flared to sniff your fur as deeply as possible I am stricken with sadness as I remember that you will die. There will be a point in my life after which you will never be there. Untitled Vague Green Bug Out walking the dog Vague little green bug jumps over onto my eyelashes. You can hang out there for a while if you need to little individual. There’s no worries. Metal Bit When we walk I often wonder whether the clasp on your leash will hold forever. As I commit this thought to writing, I also wonder whether it ought to. I do mostly use it to stop you from getting hit by cars. Communication There are depths to interspecies communication that I know seem hyperbolic to those who are deaf to the words of their dogs. The other day a dog I was playing around with said something to me that I swear if I were translating from canine body language into English was “Get over here Nerd” before then smugly taking my hand and using it to make himself cum. He was very pleased with himself, and how should he not be, after pulling off such a move? I Get It I assume some people are jealous of how often I get to pet a dog; of how often he rolls over for me to rub his belly; of how often in the morning, first thing, before either of us has fully woken up, the first thing my dog and I will do is snuggle; of how often we kiss, and how thoroughly, lip pressing to lip, his enormous tongue licking my eyelids, my tongue, or the back of my throat; of how much he trusts me; of how nonchalantly we touch each other’s dicks; of how awesome his knot is, big and red and veiny, throbbing, a sign of such satisfaction; of how much he likes to go out and walk with me; of how happy he is when I come back home from grocery shopping or from getting us fast food to share; in short—I get it— some people are jealous of how much my dog and I love each other. An Interest Dogs evolved from wolves and so many breeds of dogs exist today because we took such a pointed interest in their sex lives. Is it any wonder that they should have a sexual interest in us Superlative I cannot overemphasize how good dogs smell, how beautiful they look— their structure, their coats, their facial expressions— how fathomless their capacity for kindness, how contagious their expressions of joy, and how soft their fur is to hold against yourself or to pet. ZETA Zoophiles for the Ethical Tongue kissing of Animals hehe (Shh Secrets For Zoosexuals Time) (Most people don’t actually care you guys.) (It’s really only a smaller-than-it-would-sound number of noisy bully types who make such an alarmingly big panic out of it.) (Treat it like playing minesweeper.) (Proceed with caution but don’t think that it is impossible to proceed.) Police Dogs Make dog love not dog war. Suddenly Cognizant Seconds Apropos Of A Life That While In That Moment Cliche Is Being Well Lived Seeing a sunset Feeling immersed in a good book Getting a message from a friend Touching warm laundry Relaxing in a hot tub Walking through a dapple forest trail Making out with a dog’s butthole Taking an accomplished huff of a breath after a hard day’s work Creating little arts like paper airplanes or doodles Drinking a much desired glass of water Hearing a new song that you really like Hearing an old song that really takes you back Making out with a dog’s butthole a second time Finishing dusting and vacuuming a room Biting carefree into an apple or a plum Snuggling with someone you’re in love with # ζ Most within To Thine Own Self Be Zoo written by Eggshell Ghosthearth. This website contains works of literature, including narrative fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Within this literature, any resemblances to any existing copyrighted materials, trademarks, or persons is completely coincidental, or is used for artistic purposes within the bounds of Public Domain, Fair Use, or Public Figure Status. Much of the literature on this site contains themes of sexuality, though is at no point intended to be pornographic. To Thine Own Self Be Zoo is a personal project and is not a for-profit endeavor.