Daily Poem Challenge: Dharma Dog
On Doggish Devotion and Dogged Perceptions
And definitely Not Greg.
So often do people ask if that's
the name of our second dog
I think she may believe
she has a middle name:
Not Greg.
To Dharma,
she is only "the second dog"
the same age but adopted 6 months later.
Ten years later, to Dharma
she is still the interloper, an unneeded
unwanted addition.
I use the second dog's name
like a bribe
when Dharma ignores me.
She runs to investigate,
to be certain her unworthy sibling
is not the recipient of undeserved
praise or treats.
I have explained to her
often
I got the second dog
for her!
Intended as a playmate, a companion,
an exercise partner, a running mate,
because I traveled too much
and playdates with neighbor's dogs
were too infrequent.
My reasoning doesn't interest Dharma.
I have failed in my duty.
Her eyes condemn "How could you -
how could anyone - need more than her?"
She is dog enough for this world
and convinced, past my daily declarations,
it is impossible
to love more than one dog.
Published by G.L. Morrison
With sundry awards, magazines & anthologies to her credit, Morrison's taught writers @conferences in Portland, Seattle, SF, Boston, Chicago, NYC and Washington DC at the Library of Congress. View profile
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