A recent study found that people who have dogs walk more every day and at a faster pace then the average non dog owner.

So the question is,

If I walk my dog.

Am I walking the dog,

or is the dog walking me?

Who needs to be walked more in the morning,

the dog or me?

Technically since the little bitch is usually in front of me,

she is walking me.

Occasionally I am in front of her, so I am walking her.

So whose life is being improved,

hers or mine?

Of course technically, she is not my dog,

She is my daughter’s dog.

So why am I walking her, or she walking me.

Of course we only walk because time has advanced.

Enough seconds have passed that a new day or evening,

has arrived.

So is time walking the both of us?

or are we simply marking time?

Regardless, since my life will be longer than hers,

She is the third dog to cohabit with me,

I will let her walk me.

After all, her days are marked shorter than mine.

© words by Dan DeMarle 2017