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.