WE’RE KEEPING HER IN

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

Last Night @ 7:15

Mumbo reappeared

at Our Front Door

She spent The Night

on the floor of Hunter’s Room

on a sheep fleece

and greeted Me This Morning

when I called Her “Mumbolette”

She took 2 laps of water, no treats

and Hunter decided to give Her

a Cortisone Pill

She sat on the mat by the kitchen door

but We wouldn’t let Her Out

Even Then She Vanished

I looked all over the house

including the basement

and just now found Her

upstairs under Our Bed