Yellow Lab outside the Coffee Shop

Yellow Lab Outside the Coffee Shop

The yellow lab outside the coffee shop

today cannot sit still; but instead

radiates the ever-expectant energy

of a thousand hummingbirds,

tail sweeping back and forth

across the gray, littered sidewalk.

Sits without touching the ground,

knowing that any moment

the one who matters most will emerge,

slip his worn leash from the bench

and the day will suddenly fall into

place: every sound, sight, and aroma

discovered anew, the sun thrown

everywhere at once, with a cool lake

of shadow following, following,

as if it had somewhere to go.