DOGS ARE THINKERS

BUT DON'T BARK IT AROUND

Photo by Kindell Brinay Moore

Now us dogs have GUMPTION.

We do more thinkin' than most people

     ever figure...

We are not merely a bunch of buffoon

    tail-waggers.

Just because the world is filled with

    stupid people

It doesn't mean that there are stupid 

    dogs!

When you see us, mouths agape and 

    panting,

It's because we're hot from thinkin'

     and figuring out problems...

We dogs have a dictum which goes---

    (and keep this quiet---don't

bark it around)

    "Humans invariably screw up

everything. they touch---just give 'em

    time."

O, but we dogs are not perfect either

   by any means---we too have 

our flaws..."lusts of the fur," you

   might call 'em...

Maybe our worst is: we like people

    food, you know, like steak,

fried chicken, cakes, pies, cookies---

    Don't ever leave that stuff

a' coolin' down low....

Dogs, I reckon, are put here on earth 

   to help humans---to give them

unstinting love, loyalty, and

   companionship...

We work at it 24/7 until our tails

    are TARD FROM WAGGIN'...

Have you ever noticed the hurt

    and worry in our eyes

and faces?  I know---we are 

    no good at hiding our

emotions...

   These visible feelings begin

down in our hearts...

So yes, we canines do think 

    a lot, tho' we might

rather eat...or walk...

Like right now, I'm feeling a bit

    bored, for my 

master has got a lazy streak, 

    and we don't walk much,

anymore.....

But, don't you see, I need it,

    or I might get depressed...

and also---think of all those

     MARVELOUS SMELLS

I'm missing!

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BY MIL

2 August 2015

Photo, Kindell Moore, granddaughter