MY DOG AND I
Heaven forfend
my Labrador does not pretend,
though now and then
will cock a deaf 'n, to defer
the odd command
when she has found what pleases her,
and when I say
she lacks distinction every day
for feeding out
or in, too many times, alas
to glance at me
from nibbling weeds and meadow grass,
in wooded glade
as Millie, circles round her scent,
from nose to tail
her energy would wag acute
intent, I turn
my neck and quickly feel the nape,
a squirrel rush
as up comes down and down goes up,
darts to escape
the playful nature of my pup;
she waddles on
and at her best, kind of sexy
much like Mae West-
let age reflect upon it's youth
is that uncouth?
come off it-you know what I mean
being so cute
and innocent as apple-green,
With flew caught tooth
and cheeky too to challenge you
and faithful too,
she out in front or at my back
the very best
of pals, the very best of friends,
she never strays, we never part
the many byways of my heart.
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