La La Land
("And Dream Of Sheep", 2018, original encaustic)
La La Land
Somewhere out beyond these solid walls
A wilderness howls
While inside dogs lay sleeping
Contented on hearth and couch.
Here domestic bliss rules
A world of kindness and soft play
There the tough and wild ways still hold
A world where dog occasionally does eat dog.
These walls so hard won,
Protecting the soft and kind,
Hold back what we each fear
While yearning to know more.
But you can’t have it both ways
Ways which parted so long ago,
The wild, which will always be,
And a la la land as sweet as we can dream.
(12/31/23)
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