Ode to Alex
Oh you damn dog. You troublesome heathen, You hyper leash biter. We got you to keep your brother company. He was first and always best. But then with him I had the time and energy. He was sick and almost died when he was so little. But he recovered and bounced right back and learned To sit, to shake and roll over. He would eat enough food to fill his tummy But there you were a year and half later. You gobbled your puppy food from a bowl filled five times a day Then when Caesar, from his bowl walked away, You ran to finish what he had left. I say you ran, moved fast you did But your legs were short and stubby Never quite growing to match your body. You were so little that we didn’t want you left alone We didn’t want Caesar to mistake you for a bone. Our Guy Friday, would leash your brother You thinking it was a tandem string Grabbed the leash with your tiny teeth Allowing yourself to be dragged to his quarter. A year later when we got your little...