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 Nickster
by Melissa Jones
Your eyes are dark caramel, soft and warm.
It is the first thing about you.
You are knowing. it is clear in your
steady glance, which holds a
soft smile and shy tilt of your head.
You have a happy tail. It seems to
always be moving, beating a steady tempo of
satisfaction with life, working into the smile on your face.
When it knocks my leg I feel
the joy and intensity of you.
I sit with you and feel your energy, your
eagerness to run, to jump and play and bark.
That bark. You speak often, and enjoy
letting everyone know about the squirrels in the trees,
the falling leaves, and the flying birds.
When you take a moment to rest, you stretch out to the
floor with a soft groan and promptly close your eyes.
You sleep as intently as you do everything else, and your
dreams must take you to wonderful places.
I love your Yoda ears. When you do that thing where
they stick out sideways it makes me laugh. Other times
you sit with one ear up and one ear down,
and it makes me laugh.
You are sweetly funny, sweet taffy on a sunny day.
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