Susan and Duffy

            "Will you take him along,"

            I asked?  She canted

            Her hip and looked down,

            Still brushing her teeth,

            Nodding her love

            "Yes."  I remembered

            What it was like before

            To watch her

            Ingenuously nonchalant

            Beauty glance down.

            Her pup was just six pounds,

            His boldness lit up

            His black glistening eyes

            And hers, with delight.