arthritic, aging dog,
her fur graying,
sunning herself,
spacious backyard-
clover and buttercups,
bedsheets billowing
on the clothesline,
she daydreams of
running and leaping-
for-the-frisbee days
in her athletic past,
then she gently paws
in the air-
as a dragonfly lazily
glides by.
The dignity of an aging animal.