the fossil record

Occupation

I’m not going to fly jets.

I’m not going to race cars

or be a fireman, or run in the Olympics.

I’m not going to Iraq to fight for my country.

I’m not going to be anything that just by stating it

makes people think of me more seriously.

I train dogs. Not police dogs. Pet dogs.

Little Yorkies that yap, Chihuahuas that snap,

Labradors that eat and eat and eat.

I train their owners. Old people. Young people.

That’s what I do. Something in the Garden Section

of the Oregonian.

Raud Kennedy