Dog’s Life
Dog lies for all the world like cat
Basking in the dust mote freckled sunlight
Every wiry centimetre luxuriating in heat
No, not a languid feline
More invisibly alert
Like a newly hatched lizard
Dependent on the light for his very existence
Dog lies with reptilian lightness of presence
Seemingly asleep
Yet coiled to spring, retreat or advance
At the rustle of a treat
Or the promise of game
Or the risk of a bath
Nothing goes unnoticed
Yet his total stillness fools you
Fools you until the teeth nip your foot
To remind you he is omnipresent.
© C Jackson 2010
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