Officially he was Othello and black as The Moor <br />A dog of perfect face <br />But a little too wide of flank for show perfection. <br />Of such sweet disposition <br />MJ literally took ham from his mouth <br />With only temporary cost of betrayed confusion to his face. <br /> <br />Therefore he must be given the benefit of doubt <br />For one solitary night when father was away <br />With stranger he turned completely vicious at the door <br />And denied evil entry, vetoing mother's gracious spirit. <br />What that darkness in somatic form intended I will never know <br />And am convinced to this date we were protected on that night of snow <br />By a loving lovely Labrador a little too wide of flank for perfect show.<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eulogy-for-duke-a-long-dead-dog/
