Dog Haiku
 

I lie belly-up
In the sunshine, 
happier than you will ever be.
   
Today I sniffed
Many dog behinds. 
I celebrate by kissing your face.
   
I sound the alarm!
Paper boy, come to kill us all!
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!
   
I sound the alarm!
Garbage man, come to kill us all!
Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!
   
How do I love thee?
The ways are numberless as
My hairs on the rug.
   
My human is home!
I am so ecstatic I have
Made a puddle.
   
I hate my choke chain
Look, world. They strangle me! Ack!
Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack!
   
Sleeping here, my chin
On your foot, no greater bliss,
well maybe catching cats.
   
Look in my eyes and
Deny it.  No human could
Love you as much as I do.
   
The cat is not all bad.
She fills the litter box
With tootsie rolls.
   
Dig under the fence, why?
Because it is there.  Because it's
There.  Because it's there.
   
I am your best friend,
Now, always, and especially
When you are eating.