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We here at the station
have recently had several letters
asking questions about the dog park.
First, thank you for sending us your queries!
What is community radio for
if not assisting the community?
Second, DO NOT GO IN THE DOG PARK.
THERE ARE NO DOGS ALLOWED
IN THE DOG PARK.
THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ALLOWED
IN THE DOG PARK.
DO NOT ENGAGE THE HOODED FIGURES
IN THE DOG PARK.
(Oh, sorry about that,
I think something happened
with my microphone. I think
it’s fixed now.)
There is no dry, scorched smell
coming from the dog park.
It does not smell like time,
like sand flowing through an hourglass.
It is just a small, forbidden
patch of land, NOT a barren wasteland.
And whatever that sound
you think you hear–
crinkling paper
mixed with the snipping
of your last allotted haircut
of the year–
it’s most likely coming from
the vacant lot out back of the Ralphs.
There are no sounds
coming from the dog park.
There were several reports last week
of something small and fuzzy
near the gate of the dog park.
I sent an intern to investigate,
and it was NOT A DOG.
Also, to the family of
intern Anastasia:
she was a good intern.
She will be missed.
Intern Sophie has just handed me
a message from the City Council.
It reads: It is illegal
to think
about
the
dog
park.
…Oh.
Okay.
Well, this has been a reminder
of things you should not
smell
or hear
or look at
or think about.
Maybe try some yoga,
or some healthy
chanting
around your bloodstone circle
instead.