DOG UNTO OTHERS ~ rough draft
I have dug up an old bone for her
that’s spoiled and aged just right,
but her friends were at the house then
and her smile was very tight.
I have tried to give her freedom,
tried to open up the gate.
Then she took me by the collar
and she put me in my crate.
But she said, “Do unto others”
and that’s what I’ve tried to do.
Since she doesn’t like my offerings,
I’m keeping her left shoe.
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Here’s what I wrote to Bruce:
“*Sigh* This idea made me smile when I was driving…the idea of a dog trying to practice the Golden Rule. But it’s not working except on the stupid level…”
Here’s what Bruce wrote back:
“I disagree. It IS working. I loved it and it made me laugh. Needs some reworking here and there to just make it flow better but it’s great!”
And that is why I send him my poem each day.
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