is it real love?

don't keep acting 

like you really

love me if you don't

i tell her

when i come home

from work, taking my

coat off,

setting my brief case down.

her big brown eyes

flash wildly

in the foyer light

as she kisses my face..

she's all over me

as she shimmies and shakes.

she's absolutely

beautiful, a sight to see, but

is she gaslighting me,

is this love real?

i'm such a sucker for

affection these days.

okay, okay. i tell her.

giving in and finally

believing her in that last

sloppy kiss.

let's go get your leash

and go for a walk, 

a long walk around the lake,

i know

you've been stuck

inside all day.

and maybe when we

come back

i'll give you a treat.

and by the way,

that tail is going to fall

off if you keep

wagging it like that.