The life of a dog is a dog's life. <br />It is pain. It is suffering and grief. <br />The life of a dog is a dog's life. <br />Full of fear and gnashing of teeth. <br /> <br />God/dog, dog/god. <br />Palindromes and dreams of nod. <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />And all I hear leaves me agog. <br /> <br />So lift up a leg to the Hound of Heaven, <br />to the Great Dog Star in the sky. <br />Sit up and beg to be forgiven, <br />and let this sleeping dog lie. <br /> <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />It's heady stuff, all cloud and fog. <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />With feet of clay and mind in bog. <br /> <br />The Great Dog Star is our image; <br />he is made as one of our own. <br />He doesn't wear clothes and has a wet nose, <br />and thinks nothing of sucking the bone. <br /> <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />Speaks from high: a monologue. <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />In cunning plans, we're only cogs. <br /> <br />The life of a dog is a dog's life. <br />It is cruel. It is brutal and brief. <br />The life of a dog is a dog's life. <br />Thrown a bone to atone like a thief. <br /> <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br /> Like unicorns and golliwogs. <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />A chant easy as falling off logs. <br /> <br />To the Great Dog Star, pay homage. <br />And croon to a singular moon. <br />If the night is primal and savage, <br />obey and bay in good tune. <br /> <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />I've seen machine and catalogue. <br />God/dog, god/dog. <br />A keen design to whip and flog. <br /> <br />God/dog, dog/god. <br />It sounds absurd, and awfully odd. <br />God/dog, dog/god. <br />Share the word and spare the rod. <br /> <br />So lift up your snout to the Hound of Heaven, <br />lift up your heart and growl. <br />Show your respect for the Hound of Heaven, <br />just throw a ginsberg and howl!<br /><br />David SmithWhite<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-a-dog-s-life/
