For Stella

If only my dog got paid
to sit
and watch
the house all day
She just might have
something for me
when I get home

When I struggle up to the door
to open a way
for her shits
She clawing my being,
there under
the sheets
testing
daunting is she

But if
she got paid
than I might have
incentive enough
to treat her
the way
she treats me