Saturday, May 17, 2008

this is an old poem from my files. i pulled it out and started changing it a bit:




bow wow


i always knew


you loved your dogs more
than you ever loved me

their fur was softer
to the touch than mine
their devotion more readily seen

and love returned.
in point of fact
eagerly given.

rolling over on their backs
submissively offered up bellies
legs spread wide

you often pointed this out
with a laugh that really wasn't.

i always knew
how could i not?

you cried when one or the other
came down with some canine ill
paid the bill without complaint

yet left me to fend for myself
in stitches with a laugh
that wasn't.


not really.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Sherry,
This is excellent! I felt the emotions even though the words for the emotions themselves were not revealed. Sad and beautiful.

You go, Poet-Woman!

Sherry Pasquarello said...

thanks. it'd an older one, but i thought it was a pretty good one.

Unknown said...

It is a very good one and thank you for sharing it. Keep them coming, old or new!