Wednesday, March 4, 2009

COUCH POTATO


A portrait of a white couch potato.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I can never get my own body as relaxed and comfortable as many dogs do.

This is a prime example.

I adore most dogs, far more than I adore most humans.

And maybe one day they'll teach me how to relax. I had one dog friend, I was not its "person," as a friend calls their feeders and walkers. But I visited this dog regularly, and after her "welcome back" run around the place greeting, and her hopping up, legs on mine hello, she'd move quickly into a lying flat pose, turned onto her side.

She knew what was coming. There was never an occasion not to oblige her while satisfying my own needs to give her something she so enjoyed: a full fifteen-minute massage--sometimes longer, including each leg and foot. Her eyes told me and her "person": "Yes, this is the life!" After a while, she'd turn onto the other side, so I'd get those muscles too.

I miss her. Her person got jealous and put an end to our time together. Ah, humans.