What the Ancient Dogs Knew

I want to tell a small story. In ancient times when the wind spoke to men and women it also spoke to dogs. When an ancient dog heard the wind he heard everything. I believe this is not customarily understood. Anthropologists say that dogs came to the human realm because we were throwing out the bones. But you can’t understand a creature just by its appetites. Dogs have always understood that the air is enchanted all around us. They have always understood the telegraphy of swallows crossing and recrossing the sunbeams between trees. Like an arrow they came just to tell us the good news. And dogs know the darkening tunnel inside the wind. I tell you they know who lives there. That is what you hear when a dog is dreaming. I tell you, dogs pour out in choirs their dreamy souls. 

Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University View all posts by stevekuusisto