Miss Prissy's Perfect Frozen Front Lawn by Jana Kalina

Miss Prissy's Perfect Frozen Front Lawn
by
Jana Kalina

If only she knew

what our dogs got up to

meandering about

her pristine frozen front lawn

during 'last call.' In the morning,

with her three busy-body cats about,

we, on the other side of the street,

comply full well

with Miss Prissy's stiff-upper-lip,

un-neighbourly code of conduct.

But at night

when all concerned are tucked in

on occasion

our dogs have been known to visit
her precious frozen front lawn—
so conveniently located. Now,

there's no need for scorn

long before dawn

all evidence

has been whisked away — not a trace,

no single blade out of place

on the defrosting, perfect

sun-kissed front lawn.

Jana Kalina lives with her husband on Vancouver Island. During her lifetime, she has lived extensively on three of the planet's seven continents and, today, her pursuits can be distilled down to three things: Buddhism, bonsai cultivation and, of course, poetry--especially haiku.

anne.lehman2929@att.net:
I love the sneakiness of the message as well as the idea that "what one does not know does not harm her."
Posted 01/05/2014 04:42 PM

vscholtz:
A universal experience for us who own wandering doggies. Well put.
Posted 01/05/2014 06:12 AM

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