yes, I am.
It has been hard to admit considering
my farm background
where animals could not be pets because
they were food or sold for others' food or
to keep the winter's chill away from the
floor by buying coal
and yet here I am
a century later
in admiration
to proclaim
I have a dog and
she has me and it is a wondrous thing.
Tonight, I was juggling several dishes for dinner and
forgot one of them
she was at the ready immediately
putting her nose to the stove
even
even
before I smelled anything.
I wonder if we made ourselves more like the animals
wer are and paid more attention
to them if they would show us
how to save our planet,
find a cure for heart disease and AIDS
and be advised when weather becomes
unpredictable and how and when to
take shelter.
Are we dumb or what?
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