Dog Medicine
Mim Isaac 1983 (Georgia)
Dog Medicine
I stepped outside into the chill
white world to begin a day's work of chores Enthusiasm hit me in the form of
a cheerful pup
Suzie Q wagged her tail so fast
back and forth, round and round
Running in circles around my tall boots
her back legs wiped out from under her
Tan eyebrows slid up in surprise
she wriggled back to standing position
I was sure I saw a blush on her face
“Idiot” I would have told myself if
I had been the pup
doing the tail-wagging
Wild happy movements and
begging for attention never slowed down
Perhaps Suzie doesn’t know how to moderate wagging for icy terrain.
I only wish I kept ‘friending’ that energetically even after I looked a complete fool
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Written on November 10, 2022
Submitted by mimjo1983 on November 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXB XXXXXAXXBX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 144 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 4 |
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