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dog's compounded life

by Charlie Morgan

a crackle of thunder lets loose
a resounding spine-tingle;
Odie's neck whips around
like a dog-on-the-dash.

a menace he deduces. one
he needs to prepare for;
one that could be the One.
dogs have to stay ready.

his assignment for life:
be ever alert, ever vigilant;
guard your life like it's his.
on his day off he's yours.

a look is payment in full;
a tail wag, an appeal to Love
and licking is loving.
so, another day closes.

you turn the calendar one year;
seven years rush by on his.
he stands to face the yesterdays
of each tomorrow he has created.

04/28/2009

Posted on 04/28/2009
Copyright © 2026 Charlie Morgan

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Maude Curtis on 04/28/09 at 04:02 PM

Had a Norweigian Elkhound who was terrified of thunder. He'd set on my lap or lay on top of me thru the whole storm. Don't know who was protecting who.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/28/09 at 04:42 PM

A simple, straightforward and quite honestly wonderful story. You're awfully good at telling them.

Posted by Alison McKenzie on 04/28/09 at 07:45 PM

I LOVE my dogs. I don't know where I'd be without their tail wags, and licks, unconditional love at its finest!!!

Posted by Kris Mara on 04/28/09 at 08:32 PM

excellent rendering of the dog's point of view...

Posted by George Hoerner on 04/28/09 at 09:26 PM

Dogs have a way to tell us what they like and what they don't. Great write Charlie.

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 04/29/09 at 02:08 PM

As a "dog person", I really appreciate this piece. Dogs know the truth of he universe- people can only guess.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/30/09 at 02:01 PM

I really like the angle this takes and the perspective it expresses Charlie.

Posted by Glenn Currier on 07/24/09 at 05:55 AM

Finding a meaning of life in that dog calendar page... oh the smartness of this human to catch a whif of canine wisdom and cast it out to those of us who wait at your feet for the crumbs we know you will give us generously. Well.. maybe crumbs is not the poetically correct word... but is biblical and all that... nananananaaaaa....

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