Hello Fido my old friend

I've come to walk you out again

Near your kennel softly creeping

I am hoping your still sleeping

But the soft, rattle of your collar

and chain, still remains

Amid the sound of barking

 

In fitful dream I walked alone

Dreamt you’d run off with a bone

You’d had a pee upon a street lamp

It blended in with the cold and damp

But my eyes, were surprised by that neon light

As you’d done a shite

Amid the sound of barking

 

And in that faded light I saw

A dozen dogs and maybe more

People walking them on pavements

With plastic bags to catch the excrement

You decided, to attack a bigger dog than you

A huge fight ensued

Amid the sound of barking

 

So now all I do is cry

You’re in that dog pound in the sky

I just have to keep believing

That one day soon I will still see you

But for now, I have replaced you with a cat

So think on that

Amid the heavenly sound of barking

The Urban Poet 2021