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In All the Excitement I Forgot to Ask His Name.

Publisher	Modern Poetry Association
Publication	Poetry
Subject	Literature/writing
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0032-2032
Issues per Year	12
Volume	182
Issue	2
Published	2003-05-01

Role	Type	Name
Author	n/a	Billy Collins

IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT
I FORGOT TO ASK HIS NAME

   In the middle of a walk
   across San Diego's famed Balboa Park
   one damp, sea-soaked morning,
   I was politely introduced

   by a woman in a blue jogging suit
   to the third fastest whippet in America,
   a young, wiry, white and tan creature
   crouching tensely by her side.

   He can cover 200 yards in 11 seconds
   and crosses the tape at 35 miles per hour,
   she told me, as we stood
   under an enormous eucalyptus tree.

   The dog was paying no attention.
   He was staring straight ahead
   across what looked like zoo...

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