tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25601287.post-82547334674841990592008-05-05T10:06:00.000-07:002008-05-05T10:07:10.101-07:00SKIPPY TOO<br /><br />barely longer than my lap is wide<br />legs that are long enough to keep his belly off the floor<br />long black hair all over his body<br /><br />with splashes of brown on his feet and tail<br />a muzzle that is black and brown<br />and a small brown eyebrow over each eye<br /><br />I feel his body heat against my fore arm and upper thigh<br />as I sit stretched out on the recliner by the window<br />my face not six inches from his<br /><br />I watch his nose twitching as he reads a book on the morning air<br />a book I can’t even find<br />he watches traffic passing by<br /><br />his head turning this way and that with every new distraction<br />finally he becomes bored and lays his head against my shoulder to sleepand once again serenity is within my clumsy reachBill Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13783575523747089223noreply@blogger.com