One of these days
I’ll return as a dog
to an impatient man
like me, my just reward.
Cowdog, instead of poodle,
if I get to choose—
no inside gig,
no sidewalks,
I have my standards.
Days of adventure
with a partner
like me to help
defy the odds,
the ins and bys,
the runaways
face-to-face
with a grin.
Outside the corral,
I’ll know my place,
let the action be
my live entertainment.
drycrikjournal 
Love this. Full of projection and whim!!
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Thank you, Angela, it was fun to write and came quickly, not my usual labor. Perhaps it is the promise of rain for Central California, life for our grasslands.
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It made me smile!
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Good, that’s what it’s all about!
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Doggone, I love a good dog poem! Mary Oliver has a whole book of them. And have you seen Billy Collins’ Ted Talk of two of his dog poems?https://ed.ted.com/on/fKXX4ibw
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Thank you, Susanne, for the entertaining link! A not so subtle advertising gimmick, our general relationship with dogs nowadays is interesting, speaking much more about us than them, I think… of something missing, of clothes to wear.
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