-contentious histories
to do with the full truth of the Amnesia Dogs
are they the Best Friends
who help us to enjoy life
by helping us to forget ourselves
to simplify down into flank kneaders, treats dispensers, walkies-as-core-mission-prevailers,
or
are the Amnesia Dogs
the ultimate monsters of domestication
the Doom-of-the-Trifling-Thing-Out-of-All-Proportion
loving dumb, purposeless beasts more than our fellow humans
shouldn’t we be ashamed
whence our priorities-