I Rose At Thy Call

One night The dog wagged its tail One night Otis made Itself very small One night Inviting the dog in A dog passed under the window Otis slipped outside And down the tree And followed that mangy beast A dog passed under the window It was like the dog was calling to him To him and only him A dog passed under the window Like a power from within the dog Called out to him A laughter almost like a hymn Calling out to him A persistent laughter like a hymn Calling out to him A laughter, a laughter from within Crawling out of him Crawling out of It Crawling out of Otis Crawling out of Otis A laughter, a laughter from within Crawling out of Otis A laughter, a laughter like a hymn Crawling out again It crawls out again And then the laughter stops One night Otis can't walk a step more Otis walks in the other direction As far as It can go And it stops Otis tries every single cardinal direction Only to find that He is tethered to the child Where she goes, He goes Where she goes, It goes Otis comes It goes Otis comes Otis goes Where Mandy goes Otis goes Where Mandy goes Otis goes Where Mandy goes Otis goes One night Where Mandy goes Otis goes Where Mandy goes Otis goes One night Climbing back up the tree And through the window Otis rattles in her mouth When Mandy wakes up Otis says, Let's roam the streets tonight One night Mandy smiles and says, An adventure? One night And Otis nods It does feel like an adventure to Him One night