Seems the caffeine did me in..I THOUGHT I was writing haiku...but, I HAD IT BACKWARDS, INSIDE OUT...instead of 5-7-5 (syllables, that is...) I wrote in 7-5-7. Funny, but I had this feeling that I kept getting it wrong...but, I persevered, sure that if I kept counting I would make it work.
When did I see the error of my ways? While walking Milo. All good thinking happens on dog walks...
The awful time has come that Nicky (at 15) can no longer do the long course dog walk...that is a hearty walk up Bagley, with it's nice hills and final flat, hard right and hard right again at Canfield to return to across Beverlywood and back to our house. It usually takes about 45 minutes, with Nicky prancing ahead for a few blocks, then me pulling her after the last turn and us slowing down to get her home.
Last Friday, I pushed her too hard. I knew we were coming to the end of these lovely tandem 2 dog walks.....but, I just did not want it to end. We stopped three times for her to rest and when we got home, she was panting and limping.
So, now, I take them both around the block, bring Nicky home and take only Milo on the long course....Nicky glares at me as I release her from the leash, she is a proud dog. Milo and I do the long course in about 30 minutes, we both walk fast.
somewhere as I as trying to put this all into 7-5-7, it occurred to me that something just did not feel right. I kept counting sylls ( I do it with my fingers...), I felt it was amiss, but I kept swapping words and counting.
I do not withdraw the previous IOKUS (Inside out haikus) , but offer up these, DOGWALKUS to try and express the situation...
She prances ahead
Then lags, I pull the leash, hard,
She sniffs as she walks.
Nicky is fifteen.
Many years in human years,
She is a proud bitch.
Long course is too long,
Around the block is too short,
She lags as I pull.
Nicola came first,
I remind Milo and cats,
My first baby love.
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