Two Dogs

I had two dogs
 In the summer of 2004
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 One was boot black
 The other whiter than a health food store
 Medicine hogged
 The floor space on the back porch
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 Donations my monarchs saved up
 To take up to the poor
 Oh, the backyard sang
 A chorus of barks from Yin and Yang
 They played angel and demon
 But oh, I loved them just the same
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
 Strange how what heals can also kill
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh, oh
 I found two dogs
 On the hot concrete of the back porch
 One in amniotic vomit
 The other in fetal contort
 Medicine clogged
 Their stomachs 'til they overpoured
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 Strange how what heals can also kill
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 They both went grey
 Adopting a putrid, lifeless stench
 I learned in death
 We all are unified in countenance
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
 Eyes bulging like they'd finally seen the truth
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 The type of shit a child forgets
 But the memory resets
 
 When you ask me in a worried fret
 "Have you ever at least loved a pet?"