Welcome to Poetry Friday, Today hosted by Christie at Wondering and Wondering. Thank you for hosting, Christie! Stop by for a celebration of the amazing poet and educator Mary Lee Hahn.
This week I went to Gloucester, MA, to dog-sit a friend’s dog named Patrick. I was looking forward to it because I have not cared for a pet in a long time and this was an opportunity to see the ocean and make a new friend. My husband came too and we fell in love with this thirteen year-old golden retriever. Fortunately for us, he had a schedule and all we had to do was follow it and keep him company for a week.
I felt sad leaving him today and I’m back home in Upstate NY, but grateful to have a new friend. I thought he deserved a thank you poem.
PATRICK What is it you thought about as you lumbered along to the park and the beach this week? Perhaps you contemplated more than sniffing out the right grassy patch, or if breakfast and dinner would clatter into your bowl at the right time, I don’t think you fretted about your Diane. She has gone away and returned before. You’re old; you know what’s what. I’d like to live in the moment, calm like you, eat, sleep, play and somehow, make all my new acquaintances feel as welcome and appreciated as you do. ©Janice Scully 5/21
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