Dogs On Other Planets

dogs on other planets softly zoom
closer now than ever to the moon
they've less to say

when so distracted by the milky way
when bones float almost all away
and arf and bark and woof

won't help them anyway.

dogs on other planets cannot bay.
they wag their tails and try to run 
but bounce instead too near the sun

and fetch and carry for no one
where no one tells them stay.
or come.


mary angela douglas 10 august 2019