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Walking In A Doggie Wonderland
Dogs tags ring, are you listening?
In the lane, snow is glistening,
It's yellow, not white,
I've been there tonight,
Marking up my winter wonderland!
Smell that tree? That's my fragrance.
It's a sign for wand'ring vagrants,
"Avoid where I pee, it's MY property!
Marked up as my winter wonderland!"
In the meadow dad will build a snowman,
Following the classical design.
Then I'll lift my leg and let it go, man,
So all the world will know it's mine, mine, mine!
Straight from me to the fence post
Flows my natural incense boast,
"Stay off my turf, this small piece of earth,
I mark it as my winter wonderland!"
Walking with an Old Dog
Because you will not be forever,
Hope against time though I may,
I paint your picture in my memory,
Eyes blue with age, muzzle gone gray.
Because you walked with me in Springtime,
Puppy-clumsy, running free.
As you grew, we grew together-
You became a part of me.
Because you shared with me my sorrows,
Not understanding- simply there.
Often spurring me to laughter--
My friend, you know how much I care.
Because the years have slowed your fleetness,
Though your spirit still is strong.
I promise I will take more time now,
So that you can go along.
Because you do not fear the future,
Living only in the now,
I draw strength from your example-
Yet time keeps slipping by somehow.
Because the day will soon be coming
When I will no longer see
You rise to greet me-but in memory
You will always walk with me.
~by Gayl Jokiel~
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