Intuitive Animal Psychology

We can all learn to better understand animals and how they are here to help us

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 it.
I get to tell.”

― Mary Oliver