Dog took off after neighbor's cat again

Almost got it, too, if I hadn't so strained

To yell at the top of voice for her to stop

Which she thankfully did, and then to trot



Up, to join me from halfway down the hill

Where yells had caught her, making still

Those fast and furious furry full legs of hers

Which as easily stop as go when is heard

 

Her master's voice - which is loud and clear

And sings through her ears and makes her fear

Not any harm that could conceivably come ...

But just the guilt, which will inevitably hum ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

8:58am Tuesday April 7th, 1998