TAKING IT FOR A WALK

 

Large sandy coloured mastiff with a mouth that looks like a grin

 

Keeps turning back to look me

 

each time it catches my gaze

 

“It’s your wheels”, says the boy, his master being pulled along 

tall young and gangly

 

Happy in charge of such a spirited beast

 

I look backwards and catch Arthur’s eye

lagging behind,

 

We’ve been out for hours

 

“It’s the wheels”, I keep thinking.