Sunday, April 8, 2012

Girl-catcher

he pulls air conditioners from windows,
chews door and window frames and barks incessantly
but he's a natural at girl-catching; tall, short, young, old,
they see him from the corner of their eye and are
drawn irresistibly towards his unevenly cut tail,
bald withers and big dorky head,
"he's so cute", they chirp happily, rubbing his
head and stroking his bony rump,
ah, the kingdom of Buddy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Buddy, buddy. The guy you most want not to want, and he's most available and yet least interested. The Buddy System - always the preferred safety plan, but sometimes...