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Saturday Share – Paul Karnowski

Posted in Saturday Share on February 14, 2026| 2 Comments »

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Saturday morning readers share:
Paul Karnowski
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My Brain is a Dog
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which has its ups and downs.
Lunging on his leash,
he takes me places I may not want to go,
sniffing nuanced scents of random thoughts
found along the trail.
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I dare not let him roam
lest I lose my mind.
But what to do?
Make him march in time
with logic’s haughty steps?
To be ever cogent and correct
seems a little cold, even cruel.
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Maybe fence him in a big backyard,
let his neurons freely fire,
with no fear of burning down the house.
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He eats his meals from shelves of books
and snacks upon the bits and bytes
of googlicious treats.
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There’s lots of
who and what, where and when,
but mostly
why, oh why, oh why?
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He keeps me up half the night,
paws pounding round
the racetrack of my head,
chasing squirrels of what’s to come,
and what’s been left behind.
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No matter what the night might bring,
the squeaky toy of his existence
wakes me every dawn to greet another day,
another day of work and play.
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Good boy!
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Paul Karnowski
First published in the March 2025 edition of Witcraft
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Paul and Bingo

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Paul Karnowski, an artist, poet, and retired art teacher, lives on a few acres just north of Asheville along with his dog Bingo and his overactive brain. He spends his days growing flowers, vegetables, paintings and poems.
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Additional poetry by Paul Karnowski at Verse and Image:
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