Corey Mesler
The Dog Sleeps
The dog sleeps in a small curl,
her work for the day done,
her appetite for living becoming
the cartoons of dreams, still
running, like she did as a puppy,
toward something large and unknowable.
Corey Mesler has published 30 books of prose and poetry and appears in many anthologies, which is somewhat uncommon in Memphis, Tennessee, where, with his wife, he runs one of the oldest bookstores in America.