What a laugh

when like a firecracker

going off

we decided the tree

was all wrong we were so busy

barking up!

We wagged our tails.

We sniffed some bum.

We trotted here and there

blissfully empty-headed,

all our happiness on the tip

of our chilled-out tongues…

It turned out to be the best afternoon

since yesterday.

We found other trees to mark

leg-lifted

and serenade with barks

HOSANNA!  HOSANNA!

and squirrels in the highest

branches.

Yes, how very good it feels

to know God

is one of us…

only a little backwards.