Coco Chanel

She sniffs at the air
with her super-charged snout
black ears down, eyes relaxed
in the morning sun's rays

Doggie meditation

The chorus of birds
talks over the morning gossip
What's going on in the neighborhood

She looks around to make sure I am still there
We've come to depend on each other
for comfort

She is ready for her exercise long before I am
Please let me finish my tea

She begins to pace and whine
and looks at her long red leash
That holds her back
yet gives her so much freedom
to roam the 'hoods and hills
of her home in Healdsburg