It’s better to see all of one side
Than to
Half-see
Half of each.
- Chuy
Today she came into the kitchen from the outside.
She nudged that door open with her nose, poked her face in, fixed her eyes on me and walked in, tail gently swaying side-to-side, just as you would have.
Like seeing my granddaughter, whose face evokes the thought of my own sweet child, her name filling my mind and heart. Unable to pass this point, unable to get daughter’s name from my head, in desperation, I must call her “Not-Kerry.”.
I rise and close the door.
It was “Not-You.”.
-Paz
Just because you
Don’t Know
You are
Beautiful,
Perfect,
And Precious to this
Great Cosmos
Doesn’t mean
It isn’t So.
Dogs don’t care if you’re
Rich or poor,
Black, white, yellow, red,
Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist,
Young or old,
Straight or gay.
There is but a single
Criteria:
Are you kind?
When loved ones, friends or strangers come to visit,
Be first to go forth and greet them.
-Chuy