The Small Dog is under the weather…

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I’ve been feeling under the weather,

It is winter and bones can get cold…

Especially when you reach my age

And your two-legs keeps saying “You’re old.”

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Now, I know that in ‘dog years’ I’m eldest,

Though the theory has been disproved

That I’ll age seven years in your twelvemonth

So the argument leaves me unmoved.

*

Because, me, I’m a puppy when playing…

I can chase, fetch and squeak things all day

Where she’ll only survive for an hour

Before she tries running away.

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Continue reading at The Small Dog’s Blog

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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16 Responses to The Small Dog is under the weather…

  2. petespringerauthor says:
    January 18, 2021 at 06:18

    Feel better soon, Ani!

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  3. beth says:
    January 18, 2021 at 08:45

    hope you are feeling better soon, ani

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  4. davidjrogersftw says:
    January 18, 2021 at 11:02

    Just such a nice and lovely poem. I’m part dog too, Sue,

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  5. Time Traveler of Life says:
    January 18, 2021 at 15:24

    Does it bother you that your dog friend is a great writer? And a poet too?

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  7. Chatter Master says:
    January 18, 2021 at 20:27

    Ah Ani, I hope by the time you read this you are feeling better.

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