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“There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised.”
Anton Lavey

My spouse has always claimed
That I am more canine than man
Maybe because I howl quite often
In fact, just about every chance I can

I can still vividly remember when I first started
It was on a camping trip up in the northern wood
I found myself howling at the moon with my dogs
It was quite exhilarating, this howling felt so good

And now, I found myself also learning from my dogs
How to sniff all about, and discover tasty things to eat
Last night, on the lakeshore, in the light of the full moon
We sniffed out some wild berries, a delicious late night treat

My night vision also now seems to have improved quite substantially
And my hearing somehow also seems to be much better than it was
For some reason, my wife refuses to join us on our full moon outings
As my dogs and I rejoice in howling up at the splendid full moon above

Native Americans who lived here called June’s full moon the ‘Strawberry Moon’
Because they knew that it was now time to pick the delicious wild strawberries
Although my spouse now often ridicules me for being more canine than human
She now always says “Please bring home as many wild berries as you can carry!”

But just this morning, as she delighted in enjoying some of them for breakfast
She looked at me, and insisted that I needed a haircut, a shave, and a hot bath
I looked at her, and I told her that the beast in me wasn’t ready for any of those
When I ran back outside howling with our dogs, I could hear her mocking laugh

“There is a beast in man that should be exercised, not exorcised!” I yelled back
But I guess I’ll take a bath in the lake, then in the shade with my dogs, a little nap

©2014 Strawberry Moon’s Dog-Tired Mr. Ed