Walking the Dog

As a dog lover/owner I am forced to laugh and post this poem to be enjoyed by those with my same warped sense of humor! From the picture I'm sure you can see who rules the roost in my house!

Walking the Dog

Two universes mosey down the street

Connected by love and a leash and nothing else.

Mostly I look at lamplight through the leaves

While she mooches along with tail up and snout down,

Getting a secret knowlege through the nose

Almost entirely hidden from my sight.

We stand while she's enraptured by a bush

Till I can't stand standing any more

And haul her off; for our relationship

Is patience balancing to this side tug

And that side drag, a pair of symbionts

Contented not to think each other's thoughts.

What else we have in common's what she taught,

Our interest in shit. We know its every state

From steaming fresh through stink to nature's way

Of sluicing it downstreet dissolved in rain

Or drying it to dust that blows away.

We move along the street inspecting it.

Her sense of it is keener than mine,

And only when she finds the place precise

She signifies by sniffing urgently

And circles thrice about, and sqauts, and shits,

Whereon we both with dignity walk home

And just to show who's master I write the poem.

                             --Howard Nemrov

I recently aquired a very cool book: The Equine Dictionary. With each of my posts I'll post a new word with its definition. Today's I know, but I like, so I will post it!

pas de deux: A dressage term: a freestyle dressage program ridden by two riders.

I have a keychain that says "Just Deux It!" and one day Lorri commented that I was catching up with her, one day we would be ready for pas de deux at a show. I'm so sure.... :)