Dogs in a Box

 Dogs in a Box

The dogs, the dogs,

They live in a box,

Where they are fed.

The dogs, the dogs,

They beg, they beg,

To go, to go outside.

Outside, outside

Where they run away,

In their heads, they run.

They run, they run, away, 

Tethered to their box.

Inside, inside, inside their box,

They sleep, they eat, and dream.

Inside the box, they are running free,

In their heads they are running free.

One day they will get away,

One day they will run free.

One day they will run through fields.

And I will put them in their box.

One last time.

Dec 5, 2021

James E. Doud