~~~~~~~~~~DOGS PLAYIN' CARDS~~~~~~~~~~

Dogs playing cards is all we really are.

Trick Shuffle,

Rob Peter to pay Paul...

I was once

told

"fake it until you make it"

from of all people...

my landlord.

We are faking it.

Poker faces in place.

Can you tell that

I'm barely breathing

with my

toes

crossed and all of that jazz?

Ace

Queen

Jack

King...

Elvis?

Only in velvet, please.

Preferably from a street vendor

if you will.

I wag my tail and

I pray.

That one day our

hand is a good one

and we can

buy some apples for the bowl

and a roof over our head.

It isn't all bad is it?

Playin' cards builds

character.

And I know that we won't be left

in the cold.

I have faith in four

legs and anything

that lacks

opposable thumbs.