DOG DAYS (3)

This poem can hardly do justice to Rufus, our plucky Border terrier, but it was the best I could manage in the period of sadness after he died. 
One day, perhaps, I shall write a better one for the splendid fellow.

RUFUS

Such strength of body, such a noble head;
expressive eyes like pathways to the soul,
but dominant, reluctant to be led,
determined to assume the Alpha role.

You were a fierce and charismatic lad
yet butter-soft when seeking a caress.
Some wisdom, beyond canine sense, you had.
We miss you and your brutish gentleness.

During Dog Days week I'll be donating 10% of online book sales to Guernsey's local animal support organisation, the GSPCA

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