18 REASONS I WANT TO BE A DOG
1. I’d be fuzzy, like the essence of love.
2. I’d wag my tail and be at one with the universe. I’ve always wanted a tail.
3. My nose would be like a button on a sock puppet.
4. I’d know what I wanted, when I wanted it. I ‘d bark until I got it.
5. I wouldn’t have germ phobias. I’d welcome touch.
6. My tongue would be glorious.
7. I’d snarl and let the world know it.
8. I’d be enraptured much of the time.
9. I’d sleep whenever I wanted, as much as I wanted.
10. I’d keep strangers away. I’d be permitted to hate.
11. I wouldn’t have to know table manners.
12. I wouldn’t care what was on TV.
13. My hands and feet would be more alike. I’d crawl again
like I did before everything happened.
14. I’d amaze humans for my differences and similarities.
15. I’d love the thrill of the chase.
16. My dreams would not be overpopulated with strange cities
and people who like me though they do not exist
and I wouldn’t miss my bus stop, pulling and pulling the chord in fear,
or care if I were naked on 5th Avenue.
17. I’d belong to the earth. I’d roll in it,
luxuriate in it, eat its bitter wood,
offer it my piss and shit and puke up its grass
and the earth would give back, give back,
it would know me as no clothed human could.
18. I’d ride in the car with my head out the window
and the wind would lick my face.
Copyright 2010 by Jon P. Bloch
