[Critique Group 1] Sally's late May submission

[Sally Rosenthal]

                                                Laurence's Promise

 

 

She wasn't prepared to love him so fiercely,

This somber black Labrador retriever who arrived

To become her third and, perhaps, last guide dog.

 

He sized her up quickly with intelligent eyes,

This aging woman standing before him,

Worn down by her burdensome sack of worries and sorrow,

And intuited she needed more than his guide work.

 

When she sat and called his name, he lovingly rested

His broad Labrador head on her lap and 

Made her understand he would bury that sack in a deep, deep hole

And care for her with all his gentle being.

 

 
Sally Rosenthal  

 

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