Dog dozy leaps up shakes, staggers into sun
I find keys keen to please,let him in
well lift him gently up, wind window down
so as the breeze blows away flecks
of fluff from his ears, sends sounds of sea in instead
he’s an old dog, mumbles in sleep
But in car going to the beach, he’s keen
We get out,
Or I do and he lurches, sits back, waits
knows his paws won’t hold the tough
rounded body that once was light and
four feet were enough
…We walk on sand, he pads paws covered,
then across strands of other feet, paws, webbed
wanderings
we avoid dotted blotted in the wet sand,
bluebottle jellyfish
like tiny spaceshuttles crashed
at crazy angles
we see another dog sea tulip engorged,
paws straining to break its head in his maw
Igor tries for ambitiously for a line of bladderkelp.
He’s persuaded away by a labradoodle
Silly name from someone’s noodle.
We walk for long enough
His tongue hangs out, he
skitters sideways from tiny rivulets of sea foam and wave running at him
Gulls wheel, swallows swoop, waves glisten
I wish we could be at the sea at peace
everyday.
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