We’ll not go to the woods today
my stalwart dogs and I
yesterday’s bad incident
having given me the heebie jeebies
and I having made what I believe
to be every possible mistake
cannot quite resolve the thing.
I’d like the other dog banned
from our favorite place
shipped off to a farm
somewhere far from here.
I’d like to rest plainly in the knowledge
that every mean-spirited dog would be
rebuffed from us by an invisible forcefield
radiating out in a comfortable golden circle
of protection forever & ever.
Amen.
