Friday, April 12, 2019

How Dogs Domesticated Humans - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com

How Dogs Domesticated Humans

For Riley and His Friend Bailey

In the beginning -
                              we humans were primitives
Existing as crude hunter-gatherers
Quite unaware of any higher thought
And curiously unaware of love

But then we were discovered by The Dog

Who taught us the glorious mystery of play
And how to laze throughout sweet summer days
To contemplate, to cuddle, and to care -
To care about beings beyond ourselves

Because we were accepted by The Dog

Through God’s intended, love-barked dialogue
We pray we may be worthy of The Dog

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