Dog
Avid
Collector
Preferred pastime
Herding tennis balls
And those who will throw them
In perpetual motion
A game that lasts from dawn till yawn
And in her dreams she chases them still
Feet and nose twitch as pursuit continues
Yet her addiction is an illusion
And her obsession wears false colours
Cavorting with a chimera
Luminous spheres of desire
There can be only one
No other will do
Balding, battered
Lacking bounce
One ball
Hers
Double etheree for Colleen’s poetry challenge
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Oh this is just perfect!
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I couldn’t resist when I saw Colleen’s words 😉
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😊
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks for sharing, Jaye x
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Colleen’s words could only be referring to Ani!
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She was the first thing that came to mind when I read them 🙂
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Wonderful poem, and very fitting for the world’s most photogenic dog! 🙂
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She’s a real ham ( though I shouldn’t mention that word in her hearing 😉 )
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Ooops, yes, anything to do with meat, I’ve no doubt. She can afford to be a real ham though, she’s beautiful! 🙂
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She is. And gets away with pretty much everything ( including most of my meals…)
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Wonderful! I love that. Bless her. I understand completely though, we’ve got two cats called Beowulf and Grendel, and they rule the roost too. You can’t help but adore your animals. 🙂
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Enslaved by big brown eyes…and the half dozen cats I feed every day when they turn up for breakfast 😉
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How wonderful! Enslaved, indeed. A woman after my own heart… 🙂
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😀
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
Guess who 😃
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Is Ani a fetch maniac?
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No, she’s a fetch bully. She throws it for me to fetch 😉
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Oh, yes, there are balls and then there is THE BALL.
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There is only One 😉
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I am mesmerized by the focus dogs have. If I could only figure out how they do it.. Love to Ani…xxoo
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I know… she can sit and gaze at that ball motionless for hours…. x
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Oh Ani, you’re so precious. 😀
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😀
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Oh I love this!! I like the Highlander reference, too ❤
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I think she attributes divine status to that ball 😉
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I think she’s adorable. What fun! 🙂
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I’m inclined to agree, Dorinda 😉
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The ONE that didn’t get away and was thoroughly conquered and enslaved. 😉
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It is a ploy. It is we who are enslaved 😉
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Sadly true, lol!
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One Ball to Rule them all. 😀
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And to the dark dog bind them 😉
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Bwhahahahaha …. Yesssss, my Precioussss 😀
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That’s about the size of it 😉
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Omg, that was brilliant! ❤
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Heh 😀 ❤
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Beautiful Double Etheree Sue. Sweet Ani, a mind of her own, this is her ball.
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Definitely a mind of her own that’s for sure!
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