Hugging the dog sometimes creates quite a stir

It's really quite extraordinary when I cuddle her

For after a while, her teeth will begin to chatter

Something always amazing to me about the critter



And so I hug her ever closer and then pat her side

Which makes the chatter even louder, with pride

Showing in her face, even through clicking teeth

And so I wonder how it is we bring on this scene



It's as though it's her way of telling me she cares

But a very strange way of showing it, with stares

Associated with this wild and incessant chattering

Which always tickles me, until it stops mattering ...



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

10:15am Tues. Jan. 27, 98