Rabies Among the Rich

I had a daily Carmel routine,

Taking our Corgi and Lab to the beach. 

Bolting out of the pickup truck,

There was a tennis ball for each.

Philo, the Welsh Corgi,

Pushed his ball around damp sand…

Buck, the obnoxious Labrador

Performed antics twice as grand.

He would swim out past the breakers,

Invisible from the shore,

Then he’d drift back with the current,

To chase the ball once more.

Buck never stopped chomping his ball,

Salt foam circled around his face.

The sponge effect and the bubbles,

Made the wealthy shelter in place.