THE DOG

Artist The Alternative Press

Artist Mike Mikolowski (American)

Artist Paul Hoover

Date1991

MediumLetterpress on paper

DimensionsPaper Size: 11 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineGift of Gary Eleinko, 2023

Object numberUAC7449.05

DescriptionLetterpress printed poem by Paul Hoover, titled "THE DOG".

Letterpress printed drawing by Micheal Mikolowski.

THE DOG

They were given the dog, and the next day it died of a heart attack.
They hadn't even thought of a name. The father thought, "Maybe
it was too old. At twenty years of age, a dog is rarely
playful but exceptions make the rule." They buried the dog in
the yard, and that was that except for the smell in the room,
like that of an older man" There had been the burning dog beside
the swimming pool (this was in a dream), the blond dog with
blue eyes , the dog in the present tense, and the dog at the back
of the eye. Consciousness is not disjunct, and one thing follows
another. An orange was on the table, sliced into equal parts.
The father was reading the paper. The mother was humming an
old rock song. The children were in their rooms. The dog was
climbing the stairs.

Published by The Alternative Press, Issue Number 17.