You were such an angry dog
Nipping at my heels
Until we were alone
And you calmed down
And let me rub your belly.

As long as no one watched.

I don't know if your Mother Human
Named you after
A dead president
Or some Hole where Bikers gather
Roaring and biting
Like you...

I'd like to think
To believe
That she named you
After the misunderstood painter

Who, like you,
Expressed beauty
One had to
Really
Really
Look hard to see.