Animals
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Soundtrack for a Walk with Max
I took Max out today with ears unplugged By pods, no Band, no Dylan, Raitt or Young To set the world a step away and keep the chug of Mowers at bay while Max is blessing bushes, Eying squirrels, wriggling… Continue reading
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Like Mickey Did
Tingling down my spine From fingers on my skull. Eyes shut, cape draped, Head back, mind empty. * Ringing up ahead Brings echoes to my ears. Head back in time, Door shuts, dog rises and shakes. * Rippling in the… Continue reading
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Canine Couplets
My mental tractor beam is on the fritz, The carrots fixed although my brain transmits. I excavate the chipmunks’ home – what wrath! My parents nearly drown me in the bath. I’m agent Max, illustrious canine spy; I lurk here… Continue reading
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Three Simple Joys
Succor me in surprised joy. I rise without an ache du jour, All parts accounted for and none too sore – Oh that this would happen more! – Play for me fortissimo joy. Ella is perching on my knees, She… Continue reading
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Max’s Branch Office
Nimble on timber, limber and focused, Max lurks alert in his branch office. With gimlet gaze he skewers the squirrels Who carry on chattering high in the crown, Imperious and blithe and – alas – still alive, Despite Max’s dreams… Continue reading
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No More and Nothing Less
Why face the wall when food and danger lie the other way? It’s not that we’re shy or can’t abide the skies of steely gray. Why build our nests on window frames when cliffs and rocks abound? It’s not that… Continue reading
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Feathered Data Points
Feathered data points on an avian graph, We gather and gabble and brood and breed And slumber and squabble and chatter and chill, Warming our futures in the midnight sun As gulls have always done. [Photo taken in Nusfjord, Lofoten… Continue reading
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Acacia Were Wondering
Acacia were wondeing, I’m standing right here, Dappled coat marrying sunlight and leaves. Tourists jolt by craving A/C and beer, Reading all ‘bout me in their Rick Steves. Surprised to hear puns coming from a giraffe? Humor suits me as… Continue reading
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A Flamingo Trialogue
Being a flamingo has pluses and minuses, Eating like this can play hell with your sinuses! Oh, stop your squawking, these petty frustrations Mean nothing when you’ve got your fill of crustaceans. Eating like this is a joy and a… Continue reading
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Iguana
Your Mona Lisa smile implies you know much more than I, Where grow the sweetest prickly pears, where hawks plummet and ply Their taloned trade among the mangroves while the crabs and lizards flit Along the sand, through coves with… Continue reading
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