Thinking about Changes

Dogs of Talca

Written somewhere in the first 30 days in Talca, Chile, Aug-Sept. 2010

Happy, dirty, on the street

They sniff their bottoms before they mount

Follow pedestrians just enough

To see what their lives might be about

In their own private language

They understand

They share, communicate

Form families, make a friend

They know they are surviving

Just like you and I

That dine together, cry alone

Cling to a post-orgasmic sigh

Like the stone-faced waiter

Accepting sexual harassment 

For his meager wage and tip

The alpha unbrushed lab

Waiting at the store for a kibble or bit

I too am a dog of Talca

Understanding of my role

Waiting at the mouth of life

For some nutrient and home 

Fill me up with spirit

The kind that natives share

Plant me in this kind of place

Where the morose have love and care

They are never lonely;

they really don't live in fear

they learn to live in hunger

but know when their end is near

Who is a dog of Talca?

Who will be a friend?

Is the face I’m looking at

Part of my beginning or my end?

If you could change one thing about your government/country/city, what would it be, and why?

For this blog topic, it will help you to think of at least 3 things you would like to change, and then list them from the most important to the least important. Then write about your #1 choice.

For a successful blog, you need to talk about something very specific.

Then say:

The thing you would like to see changed.

Why this is the most important to you and/or to most people in Chile (in your opinion).

Specific ways in which you and others would benefit from the change.

Who would benefit the most?  Who would benefit the least?  Why?

You must also include at least ONE disadvantage that could result or happen because of this change.

How your life would be different if this were changed.

You also may include what people could do to try to make this change happen.

Make sure to use the “if [subject + verb 2].. would [verb 1]” structure in the sentences in which you talk about conditions or states that are not the current reality.

Example:  if everyone had a million dollars, then they would all buy....