Cracker

 

Every barn needs a cat or two, and the really good ones have a dog, too.  

At a nearby farm, Cracker, the Border Collie, is quite sure she is queen, 

and the ancient barn is her castle.  

She bosses the cats around, and keeps a steely eye on visitors.

Where sunlight slants through the barn slats and stripes the floor, 

Cracker watches from the doorway. 

It was only after I saw this photo that I realized she was in the barn with me, 

watching for any false move.  

Yikes!

Then again, just possibly, 

she was hoping for another one of those peanut butter treats

that unlock the door of her heart.





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Winter Barn

An Ozark barn stands quiet among the winter trees.

Old tools, retired with honors, decorate the front of the barn,

and inside, the accumulation of years

precludes any possibility of a cow entering.

There's another barn for that purpose.

It's here that the cows are milked,

where cats, striped by the sunlight 

survey their domain,

and Cracker, the border collie,

makes sure that nobody gets out of line.

Textures by Leslie Nicole

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