Plato’s Phido
Jesse Doiron
January 31, 2022
Paws. Paws.
Wag and lick.
Roll over!
Stay! Beg! Sit!
Paws. Paws.
Out, boy! Out!
Tail. Tongue.
Here, boy! Here!
Paws. Paws.
Heel! Sic!
Shake hands! Fetch!
Play dead! Speak!
Paws. Paws.
Good boy!
Here you go.
Good boy! Good.
Jesse Doiron spent 13 years overseas in countries where he often felt as if he were a “thing” that had human qualities but couldn’t communicate them. He teaches college, now, to people a third his age. He still feels, often, as if he is a “thing” that has human qualities but can’t communicate them.
