Lucy’s Guardian Angel

There is a rumor in the basset hound world that every basset has a heart-shaped spot somewhere on their body. Basset slaves proudly post pictures of these hearts on the Daily Drool Facebook page and get lots of reactions.

I set out one day to find Lucy’s heart. For those of you who haven’t met her yet, this is Lucy:

She is now 10 and I have had her for 7 years. In fact, we just celebrated her 7th Gotcha Day on January 16th. (A Gotcha Day, in case you didn’t know, is the day a rescue dog is adopted.)

In any case, I set out to find her heart, but was having no luck. I was feeling rather glum and took a seat on the sofa to contemplate the deeper meaning of her lack of a heart-shaped spot, when I saw it. it wasn’t a heart. It was something even better.

Lucy had an angel!

Billy Collins wrote a poem entitled “Questions About Angels“. Here is a poem, inspired by that poem, about Lucy’s angel

Lucy’s Angel (with apologies to Billy Colllins) 

Of all the questions you might want to ask

an angel, the only one you ever hear

a basset ask is about his furever home.

Like babies, dogs see angels

and know better than to rush in

where angels fear to tread.

God might have made man

a little lower than the angels

but Lucy’s angel hovers at her side.

Human metaphysics might question

the existence of angels, and philosophers

debate how many dance on the head of a pin,

But Lucy knows her angel is with her

both now and forever,

and to the ages of ages. Arooo!