White Dog

I went for a walk on Hollywood Boulevard.

I looked down and there was a large white dog

walking beside me.

his pace was exactly the same as mine,

we stopped at traffic signals together.

a woman smiled at us.

he must have walked 8 blocks with me.

then I went into a grocery store and

when I came out he was gone.

or she was gone.

the wonderful white dog

with a trace of yellow in its fur.

the large blue eyes were gone.

the grinning mouth was gone.

the lolling tongue was gone.

things are so easily lost.

things just can’t be kept forever.

I got the blues.

I got the blues.

that dog loved and

trusted me and

I let it walk away.