I stared at my wolf mix canine Stared at him long and hard until I was red in the face He stared back at me too I chased a car with my dog Got a quarter-mile before we had to stop Took half an hour to get home I asked him what he knew He replied in a gruff and incomprehensible manner Never asked him again Laughed in my dog's face Showed him that I could use my thumbs many ways He licked himself for a while Lost my friend on an expedition Man said "I aint seen no mutt in these parts" My neighbors are hicks Grabbed a stick and hurled it Nobody here but my shadow, and he won't fetch Whimpered myself to sleep