waiting at the vet’s
huge dogs, their petite women
kitty and me
Tag: dogs
1146
my pets are indoors
outside in the night
shadows of strays
642
frail, old woman
pulling a dog along
pulling her along
611
I visit friends
their dogs sniff
my cats long distance
536
a woman falls down
entangled by five shrill dogs
the new dog walker
六十六
495
a cold three dog night
equivalent of eight cats
or one former spouse
六十六
325
cats and dogs go in
raccoons arrive for late shift
night belongs to them
272
afterglow of dusk
a long day slouches away
lazy dogs head home
167
dogs in a locked car
windows shut and no water
who’ll swing the crow bar?
13
dogs grumble how good
cats have it– cats listen, yawn
sympathetically
Office Dogs
I crack a drawer of doggy treat stash
And kibble klatchers cease chasing balls
Then stampede into my area en masse,
Ricocheting off the cubicle walls.
Brad protects us from UPS deliveries
Silly Ruckus is just how his name sounds
Gus likes to squeeze between my knees
Poppy’s a pro on biscuit begging rounds.
Mila’s part seagull, vocal and skittish,
Lily is content to tailgate Poppy around,
Old Pete is reserved and maybe British,
Puppy Kia runs paper clips to ground.
Pure adoration with no gripes nor lies
Drips from tongues hanging like pink neckties.
Woman without Dog
In motion and size
her shadow is lessened,
the cadence of her stride
no longer hastens, led by
rolliciking bursts of storm
that pulled her along.
Arms hang lax of what
to do or hug or caress
or beckon; hands inert,
missing a lifeline fallen
and gone like a summer’s
vine on a winter’s pond.
(for Wendover Brown and Bradley)
