could there be a sweeter arrangement?

He puts his cheek against mine 

and makes small, expressive sounds. 

And when I'm awake, or awake enough 

 

he turns upside down, his four paws 

    in the air 

and his eyes dark and fervent. 

 

"Tell me you love me,
» he says. 

 

"Tell me again." 

 

Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over 

he gets to ask. 

I get to tell. 

 

Listen to it here

 

[Mary Oliver {1935-2019} 'Little Dog's Rhapsody in the Night', from Dog Songs]