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Devil Dog, Angel Pup

A Poem Celebrating Dogginess

By Vijaya Sundaram

February 28, 2014

Rolling black eyes, teeth snapping with a click,

Devil Dog entices with a pink-tongued lick.

Angel Pup, mop-top, furry-snug thing

You lure me when you start to sing.

It’s all music when you whistle high and sweet

I respond to your signal, and the clicking of your feet.

When you’re comfortably fed, your snout, warm and black,

So wet in my hand, says there’s nothing that I lack.

You sigh that sigh of dog-in-its-place

The Universe shifts in a deep, dark space.

You snuggle, little ragamuffin warm and bright,

Claiming me as your own birthright.

Your trust in us, so simple and true

A human and her dog, that’s me and you.

And your sigh, which says that all is well

Fills this room with a flop-eared spell.

Time stands still, then begins once more,

The evening coalesces near the door.

And sudden, the humming fridge ceases to hum

And sudden, another sound starts to thrum.

A truck rumbles by, the highways sing

While soft falls the snow, and the quiet it brings.

The Great Outside where the unknown resides

Is blotted out now – and shunted aside.

But here, now, within, see – dog on my knee

This is peace, true peace, and it rests with me.

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