As I leaned to retrieve my property he leaped with all his weight so that I felt the wind of his jaws as his teeth gnashed before my mouth. Isn't he awful! said the woman, his collar straining under her clutch. Yes, I replied drily wanting to eviscerate the thing there, scoop out his brains and eat them-and hers too! Until it flashed on me, How many, like this dog, could I not wish had been here in my place, only a little closer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUTH IMPERTURBABLE by CONRAD AIKEN ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH JOHNNY APPLESEED by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EDITH CONANT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL POETS by GEORGE SANTAYANA |