don’t know my neighbors
but on first name terms
with their dogs and cats
Tag: dogs
2320
animal shelter
all day, all night
that ceaseless howling
2186
don’t drive, stay at home
watch the fires on the news
pray for dogs and cats
2020r
cats live easy lives
dogs grumble— cats yawn
sympathetically
2009
late evening barking
from across the street—
shadows passing by
1983
beyond the fence line
up the wooded hill— a dog
monologues with deer
1950
a dog yelps loudly
my cats hop to the window
their schadenfreude
1915
cats debrief themselves
on new dog next door— smile
but keep your claws sharp
1876
labradoodle pups
playing hide-and-seek
behind the saplings
1793
heavy and plump does
dogs bark them away
not in their backyards
1778
pull into driveways
car doors open and slam shut
dogs barking welcome
1774🐕
infidelity
her dog cuddles up
with me and the cats
1746
back from hospital
even next-door’s rottweillers
sound melodious
1592
stars and moonlit clouds
washed and rinsed by rain
the dog star all scrubbed
🌜🌧
1587
my lucky bamboo
unlucky— eaten by dogs
which explains so much
