I had to make my escape quickly without fanfare
it is a wet day but that would not deter one of my pups from chasing me
Beau is a retriever, supposedly golden, but more white
He loves rain, being a water dog
I have already towel-dried him twice today
Beau loves that too!
He craves attention
Just like you, I tell my husband
Beau looks up from his licking and smiles
He is licking his Neverlands
Except I cannot do that, my husband replies
If you could, we could never have company again, I tell him
Rises
holds it's own
lunar craters keep
abreast of the fall
tip it will
axes shifting
in a quantum leap
of no more
than hope in drought
water dog howled at
the ring, the ring of roses
budding buds
rain it will bring the
wet moon
Dark as a demon, but with the soul of
an angel, he's a Portuguese Water
Dog who's never been to sea, but, as
he oughta, he loves water, and highly
proprietary when you're watching
TV, downtime is shared, so it's his paw
on your foot, or else it's his head.
Morning ablutions, one leg in the air,
he waters a thicket, which wakes up a
cricket who begins to sing. The world
is his lavatory. Noblesse Obligatory.
It's a Water Dog thing.
for my granddog...
It's seven AM and we're in the kitchen.
Elizabeth, 8, and Kirby, 9, her Portuguese Water
Water Dog who's never been to Portugal--
doesn't know he's Joe E. Brown, 40s' famous
film star reincarnated in a curly, black dog
suit, wearing Joe's celebrated, ear-to-ear grin
Elizabeth's in the pantry, 5 shelves up,
searching for a snack. The good stuff's on top,
except for 1 peanut butter Chocolate Chewy,
divisible by 2. The TV's on, bringing Big Red
Dogs (not black ones), along with "George
Shrinks,"a super down-sized hero for
Viewers Like Us. Kirby begs for treats
with teasing little barks. Elizabeth's Sprite
has lost its fight like her Nana in the morning
who needs stronger than that. She's
Granny Shrinks who needs 40 more winks
before peanut butter Chewies, Day-Glo
cartoons, and Joe E. Brown hi-jinks.
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