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Two Dogs Playing in the Snow, Perkins Trail, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
\nJanuary 2, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just up the hill from Everett Covered Bridge
\nin a place where horse trail flattens into an old farm road
\ntwo dogs bound forth in the snow.
\nOne is a breed known for leaping skills.
\nHis coat is tawny, like a deer\u2019s coat,
\nbut his tail, even among the small trees and fallen logs
\nlooks like a dog\u2019s tail, and wags. He carries a stick.
\nThe second is a calico border collie, who at high speed
\nturns a corner in the snow to head off the first.
\nOne leaps over, the second runs around, and together
\nthey roughhouse like friends and brothers.
\nFree of houses, cages, fenced yards, car carriers and leashes,
\nthey run from their masters, but not too far.
\nSoon they\u2019ll go home.
\nDo dogs dream of snow? Do they dream about sticks?
\nDo they long for each other? Can they taste the gray sky?<\/p>\n

~ Bellinger<\/p>\n