Juno

when she leaves the room walking slowly he follows just behind ready to take a fall just guarding he knows to grab her socks from the drawer he can pull it open put he watches to see if she needs help breathless sometimes he'll let her sit on the garden wall for a moment then he brings the ball get up get up he knows she needs to play

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Veronica Joseph

Date: 9/28/2009 9:39:00 AM

this is actually about a dog caring for his aging owner, guarding, caring for her, helping as he can, and knowing he has to get her up and movin to keep her healthy, and WITH him! Thank you for reading my poetry

Yoni Dvorkis

Date: 9/25/2009 11:03:00 AM

interesting last line. I'm guessing Juno's the male dog. I would have thought she knows he needs to play, as in the owner has to entertain the dog. In your vision, maybe the dog has the greater understanding. The owener needs to play, be active, not sit on the wall in thought for too long.