summer_jackel

Oh precise, measured poke from that long snout
and the lips that draw hopefully back to reveal
all of her teeth, while her eyes glitter meaningfully.

Is it time for you to do something interesting?
Can you throw a thing? Might we run?
Something relevant and interesting to hounds?

I am pedaling a training bike in my kitchen, laptop set on a milk crate between the handlebars.
Two hours so far, and it's after ten;
A soft noise rises behind me, and I understand that
the hound curled on her couch is howling the softest howls
in tune with my cadence
a little hound song
of longed-for bedtime.