Dogs

I moved to a Washington Island, 26 years ago

Two decades and a half, I shared my home...

Buck, Cecil, Rusty, Otis, Roscoe and Conrad,

Reminded me, I spent not one day alone.

The first four passed at twelve years old,

The last two trailer-ed up the coast…

Then passed back down to Whidbey again,

To the old house we loved the most.

Now my future is “Iffy”,

Conrad is only 8 years old…

My goal’s living his four more years,

My hope’s now publicly told.