Thoughts

“Don’t doubt the dog,” Said Doug the Dog As dogs will say and do “For sure as fog, I’ll make you jog And fetch your stick on cue.” But Doug was caught By sheer surprise As dogs are want to catch His faded cries Bred saddened sighs From owner Patrick Patch. Doug fell asleep Which made his man Think Doug had passed away Pat drove his van With blasted fan To Doctor Desmond Day. Old doc assured His fearful friend That Doug was sure alright “He’ll not ascend To skyward’s end, But pass a future night.” Then sure as night Doug saw the sight That all good dogs do see He spied the light Then Paul’s invite Brought Doug eternity.

The goose whose wings lit up the lake Whose eyes at night kept birds awake Whose gilded sheen turned every head Whose rhythmic preen dropped discussion dead Came once to land in a foreign pool Where folk stayed homely, plain, and cool “My name is Gus,” spoke this refugee, “And I’ve come to see if you’d all agree To allow me rest in your sun’s soft rays To train me in your humble ways, For all I’ve known is celebrity I’ve loomed large with all eyes on me If I flew with you, I could learn a lot I could get the thing that I don’t yet got For you folk are close and clean and kind And my friends who see don't seem to mind." At this the ducks and geese who heard Took insult from this​ upstart bird So as one flock the ducks let loose, And caused the end of Gus the Goose.