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Watching My Dog Gracie Sleep On Her Bed In my Office
She joins me when the writing
Turns to volcanic ash
Feels like my Muse has fled
Across galaxies taking with her
My hope and wishes for a better
World.
I worry, not even my music helps,
Until I look at our wonderful Pit Bull
Mix Gracie.
Gracie the Brave, Gracie the Good, Gracie the Goofy Laugh Bringer
Our adopted four legged Angel
Saved from a fighting ring
A curse on all who would hurt any animal
May hell find them with a hot poker
And thrust it in their dead hearts.
Breathe breathe deep breaths
You can’t stop Hitler Putin
All you can do is pray for Ukraine
Pray and never stop
Remember Z is for Zero
Cowards and automatons
Who follow orders blindly
Breathe just breathe deep breaths
The writing black is choking the arteries of your soul
Don’t let it win smash the grim reaper inner critic in the face.
Look at your beloved Gracie
Watching her sleep peacefully in her favorite dog bed in my office
Gracie the Brave, Gracie the Good, Gracie the Goofy Giver of Hope
Our Angel with four paws.
