How Much of Me Matters

(Untitled Study of Objects and Landscapes, 2008)

Woof said the dog.
And yet his words did not reach her.
Woof said the dog.
And no reply as she carried on, looking down at her pet.
Woof said the dog, as he brushed his face into her leg.
And she walked down the hall to finish what she was doing.
Woof said the dog, as he followed her along, looking for any sense of need.
And she walked, stopped and looked at the dog.
Woof said the dog, and he smiles as dog do and put forth both paws and bowed.
And she kneeled down, pet his face, and heard a sound, and walked away.
Woof said the dog, and he got up, and ran to her side.
And she moved in a way that acknowledged something else, something the dog may never understand, as he pressed his face into her leg before she was gone.
Woof said the dog.