boys

my boys: bailey & koa

photo by bob krugmire, 6/17/2006
http://www.thiniceproductions.org

Biscuit, by Jane Kenyon

The dog has cleaned his bowl
and his reward is a biscuit,
which I put in his mouth
like a priest offering the host.

I can't bear that trusting face!
He asks for bread, expects
bread, and I in my power
might have given him a stone.