Old age,
whose skeletal three-fingered hand
is frozen lovingly through the clumped dust
on a dog’s back, resting confidently among the summer languor
upon an animated boulder of familiar comfort.
"More About the Same" Shamshad Abdullaev, trans. Alex Cigale https://t.co/BxSJTTAUKE pic.twitter.com/n4riKXk05R

— TriQuarterly (@TriQuarterlyMag) April 20, 2018