Dogs
Sometimes I wonder
if dogs are loyal to their owners
because they think that they owe them something.
Maybe dogs don’t realize
that fresh food and water
is a normality in the typical suburban household
that owns a goofy golden lab
or a yapper chiwawa.
Do dogs sit on command because they want a treat
or to please their master?
Master?
Do dogs feel like slaves to the human being?
Maybe dogs only like playing fetch
because they realize
that humans are also creatures of dominance
and dogs understand that.
They realize
that they are the only thing
that you truly have power over
and can make come back to you
with a single tennis ball.
So they abide to the rules of fetch
and the commands of the human tongue
but they know that they are in power
because they know how we are wired.
They spend all day observing.
They can smell our emotions from miles away.
and can sense when you are about to cry.
They can hear everything that we can’t, and some.
They know that they could tear through our flesh with a snap of their jaw.
They know that they are in complete power
yet they let us believe that we are
for the sake of our well being
and egotistic state of mind.
They want their humans to be happy and have what we want.
It has nothing to do with loyalty,
but love and respect for the human race.
So I often wonder:
why can’t humans treat humans the same way?
Tell doctors and scientists to quit their jobs
because we do not deserve to live longer on this Earth.
It’s the vets and adoption centers who are doing it right,
who spend time and money on
an animal who actually deserves
to live forever.