Jet

Softly sleeping doggy, laying at my side.

I wonder what is happening inside your slumbering mind.

Silken paws outstretched, nose at rest between.

Body long and graceful. Alert still, sleek and lean.

Twitching and a trembling, woofing and a whine.

I wonder what your chasing as you race the line.

Your narrow body quivering, feet kicking at my side.

Ears looking round about, at silent noises in your mind.

Then with a muffled growl, and a violent twitch.

A deepening sigh echoes round and whistles from your lips.

And you look at me in mute surprise awakened from your rest.

And then you turn and close your eyes and fall back to sleep at last.

11/5/04