A familiar morning. I have two tiny ones, so different from each other. One
demanding live-wire, one patient shy girl. Similar accommodations to be
made.
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Liked it Max! My old Cavoodle sleeps late, then gets up ina haze, bumps
> intp doors and chairs, and must be shepherded out the front door and down
> three steps to have a piss under the camellia tree. She then looks for her
> breakfast (about 11am!) and may even bark now that she's awake. She was
> once a playful dog but now age and illness has slowed her down to a slow
> waddle.
>
> I like the coat over the PJs :-) I wear a dressing gown until late morning,
> so visitors and trades people are often greeted by an old man in his ugg
> boots and gown!
>
> Andrew
>
> On 22 September 2016 at 02:23, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > time warp here November 2016??
> >
> > 'The old boy lurches to his bowl,' haha took that for you Max
> > and also I misread last line (failing fast!)
> > '
> >
> > man and dogs share a lucky bone
> > cheers P
> >
> >
> >
> > On 21/09/2016 15:44, Max Richards wrote:
> >
> >> Dogs’ Breakfast
> >>
> >> Mustering what strength lingers
> >> at this extremity of age,
> >> I clench and sit up, fingers
> >> reach down for outdoor footwear
> >> (velcro for quick fastening)
> >> then bedside for spectacles.
> >>
> >> Yes, you two dogs, I’m hastening -
> >> with you ahead - downstairs;
> >> your meal of the day, whether
> >> winter’s dark or summer’s early dawn,
> >> must not be postponed further.
> >>
> >> The old boy lurches to his bowl,
> >> shut behind the bathroom door;
> >> the rambunctious girl Labrador
> >> starts fast on hers lest he steal from
> >> her hungry fellow-breakfaster.
> >>
> >> She’s ready first to take the leash
> >> awaiting her at the front door.
> >> I’m already in jacket and cap -
> >> one hides pajamas, one bad hair.
> >>
> >> Trot to the elevator, trot hot-
> >> foot through the lobby, trot
> >> hot-foot through the tall metal
> >> gates that clang behind us.
> >>
> >> Already we’re on the green verge:
> >> here, an hour before, sprinklers
> >> rinsed and kept it green, and
> >> the line of dogwood trees stand
> >> in dignity and fruitfulness.
> >> Snaffle a fallen berry, must you?
> >>
> >> Dogwood by definition can’t
> >> be poisonous, I guess. Back
> >> to the lobby and lift, quick -
> >> upstairs Senior waits his turn.
> >> Changing of the guard, transferring
> >> of the leash. Repetition.
> >>
> >> May we now relax? The blackest
> >> crows of Bellevue Avenue East
> >> resume their search for breakfast, hop
> >> back down from tree and car top.
> >>
> >> Sunday breakfast glumly ensues.
> >> What says the online world of news?
> >> Natural and manmade disasters
> >> compete, history rebukes, futures
> >> are dire. At this extremity of time
> >> man and dogs share a lucky home.
> >>
> >> Capitol Hill, Seattle, November 2016
> >>
> >
>
>
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