Its Still Life
Copyright © 1991, 2006
Jason Lester Atkins
985 Fleet Drive, #347
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
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Old chocolate faced woman
walking in short measured steps
clicking two defying arthritic knees
like a mechanical metronome
strolling past my window view
keeping her chosen morning time
walking her chocolate Labrador dog
whose grey grizzled muzzle
matches the grey strands escaping
the pulled down hooded hat
of his lifetime walking friend
still allowing the brief stop
beside our streetside fireplug
for old dog's lost glory
of a defiant raised leg pee
then, struggling slowly onward
thru showers, sunshine and snow
marking seasons of our mornings
willing to survive again together
blazing winds of another winter.
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