A Dog Working

after Melinda K. Hall



1. You are the best dog in the entire land of red sheep.


2. Your rear end is missing, but you are strong.


3. Red sheep enter your dreams like heart attacks.


4. Red sheep trample the turquoise grass.


5. Your ears flop.


6. Your ears flop with the urgency of herding.


7. You seem to forget you can run the other way if you want.


8. Your name is “A Dog Working.”


9. You bark but no one hears you.


10. When someone hears you they turn into a red lamb with their tongue hanging out.


11. This must be a great place to make friends.


12. A red leg leaves the field.


13. Where is your ass?


14. The sheep are so pretty you almost want to name them.