Dog Does Good
We were going for a short walk.
We looked up when we heard some talk.
A gang of kids were in the street.
Before we could redirect our feet,
two kids to the side started fighting.
As I watched, two kids were gliding.
They tiptoed by quiet as a mouse.
Then they went into our house.
They were trying to steal our TV.
When our dog came out to see.
He was in the other room.
He growled and jumped the first buffoon.
The other kid was setting down the TV.
While he was saying— “Nice doggie.”
Then he turned and ran real fast.
With the dog nipping at his ass.
He tried to jump the picket fence.
Caught his toe and down he went.
Landed flat upon his face.
Hit so hard he shook the place.
He ran, dripping blood from his mouth.
We went back into the house.
We looked for the other thief.
But, he was pretty fast on his feet.
Out the back door he had run.
The entire day was not much fun.
This neighborhood had gotten bad.
We decided to move, and I was glad.
We moved to a gated community.
They had neighborhood watch, you see.
So we felt much safer and happy there.
Better than we had felt anywhere.
Our big black lab was happy too.
He was happy to be away from that zoo.
No more kids yelling an being brats.
Always whenever he took his naps.
The moral of the story in the end
is that our dog is our best friend.————-R.W. Johnson—– (2011)