[Rick Mullin]

Thanks Max.

I want to leave that line as it is. It's the suggestion that's funny. It also says something about the narrator and it's a good closer for the first stanza, setting up a turn.

Rick

[David Callin]

Originally Posted by Julie Steiner

I smiled at

     Like me, you have a problem with the neighbors.

So did I. And I think the last line works as you hoped.

Cheers

David

[Michael Cantor]

It's a dog poem, but a good dog poem, and I don't see many of those. The dog is just there, and the poem quietly and effectively says as much about the owner as the dog.

[Rick Mullin]

Thanks David and Michael.

RM