Dogs Don't Die

Dogs never die.

They don’t know how to.

They get tired and very old, and their bones hurt, but they don’t die. If they did, they would not always want to go for a walk, even long after their old bones say no, not a good idea.

A walk with you is all there is.

Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is.

Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone, and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world, death has no place.

However, dogs get very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university, where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die.

When you think your dog has died, it has just fallen asleep in your heart. And it is wagging it’s tail madly, and that’s why your chest hurts so much and you cry all the time. Who would not cry with a happy dog wagging its tail in their chest. That hurts.

They say: “Thanks Boss! Thanks for a warm place to sleep, always next to your heart, the best place.”

When they first fall asleep, they wake up all the time, and that’s why, of course, you cry all the time. After a while, they sleep more. Remember, a dog minute is not a human minute.

You take your dog for a walk, it’s a day full of adventure in an hour. Then you come home, and it’s a week, one of your days, but a week, really, before the dog gets another walk.

After a few dog years, they take longer naps.

They were a GOOD DOG all their life, and you both know it. It gets tiring being a good dog all the time, particularly when you get old and your bones hurt and you don’t want to go outside to pee when it is raining but do anyway, because you are a good dog.

So understand, after they have been sleeping in your heart, they will sleep longer and longer.

But don’t get fooled. They are not dead. There’s no such thing, really. They are just sleeping, and they will wake up, usually when you’re not expecting it.

I feel sorry for people who don’t have dogs sleeping in their heart. They’ve missed so much.