Friendship

on a summer evening

the two friends stroll along the dirt path

between walls of tall grasses.

one, short and greying

the other, young and slender.

one marks a special spot on the trail

as the other waits her turn to follow suit,

and when the young one wants to play,

she tries not to scare the small one too much, 

taking care to bark at a little distance

and not show too many teeth.

she sometimes jumps on the little one

but the overexuberance is quickly forgotten

and they resume their stroll along the path

through tall summer grasses, only dimly

aware of the hum of voices behind

them..