Dog says
What do you do?
Cat says
We do not
We are

Dog says
Where are you going?
Cat says
Nowhere
We are here, now

Dog says
Must be doing this now
Must be hurrying to places
Where I am not
No time, no time

Cat says
Time?
There is plenty of
Time
Just be here now

Dog says
Follow the tracks
Sniff, sniff
Dig here
Dig big
Dig now

Cat says
Do not dig
Stroke the ground
Thus
Thus
Cover your tracks

Dog says
Run, run
Bark
Catch
Tear
Chew!

Cat says
Silently
Silently
Wait
Pounce
Play!

Dog says
My people!
How I love my people!

Cat says
I may stay...
For a while

Poem: Richard Medrington

Drawings: Paul Ballingall