Wolf

Wolf (My, How He’s Grown!)

Just a pup.
Wriggly with new.
Pink-padded paws
skitter-patter dancing.
Jumping up, up, up!
Sloppy-licks kissing better
those needle-tooth nibbles
to your hands, your face.
You’re smiling, laughing.
He’s baby-growling.
What a good boy!
He loves to play.

Now he’s grown.
No longer a pup.
Needle teeth long gone,
snapped out in a vicious
gnaw of chew toy tugging.
Coarsened coat, lean lopes
of legs to chase you down,
in panting, darkness panic.
Firm-planting paws to pinion.
Raw-torn meat breath, wet.
Jaws to your neck.
He loves to play.

 

And a canine-themed tune…

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15 responses to “Wolf

  1. Mmmmm … ‘those needle-tooth nibbles’ :)

  2. a puppy is not just for Christmas! I love Kate Bush

  3. Holly, this is so good. Hmmm, is doggie playing in the end?

  4. “Jaws to your neck. He loves to play.” Some big boys do play rough…

  5. badly trained dog? Or with evil intent?

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