dogmatizations...

Those eyes, or in the case of this photograph...that eye. It invites so many ascriptions. It entices one-sided conversations. I ask him questions, and make up answers. I pose leading questions and make up my own follow-ups. Then he shifts, and reaches for a chew toy, the eye framed in a new context. I laugh. I laugh at myself for humanizing him.

So I reverse course and over-correct, naturalizing myself...cloaked in canine codes. A bark here, a friendly growl there. He stares back unwilling to share his chew toy. I laugh at myself again, and enjoy his indifference to my theatrics. We go for a walk and it's his turn to perform.