Theories about the Universe

"I am trying to see things in perspective.

My dog wants a bite of my peanut butter

chocolate chip bagel. I know she cannot

have this, because chocolate makes dogs

very sick. My dog does not understand this.

She pouts and wraps herself around my leg

like a scarf and purrs and tries to convince me

to give her just a tiny bit. When I do not give in,

she eventually gives up and lays in the corner,

under the piano, drooping and sad. I hope the

universe has my best interest in mind like I have

my dogs. When I want something with my whole

being, and the universe withholds it from me,

I hope the universe thinks to herself: “Silly girl.

She thinks this is what she wants, but she

does not understand how it will hurt.”

"

Theories About the Universe (Blythe Baird)