For Jeff

If I were my dog I would think of death 

The same way I think of listening and following commands

That is to say, not at all

If I were my dog I would run and yip with joy while I slept

Unfettered by the weight of worries and fear

If I were my dog I would be just as excited for the next time

As I was for the first and the rest

If I were my dog I would stop to smell

Everything

If I were my dog I would love like it was the one thing I was created to do

Because it is