recruiting takes place in peoples    
 yards, or outside stores, or with a  bit 
        of violence and trickery.         
                                          
 throw   the   fourleggers  into  a  van. 
 decode  them. sort them  by species  and 
                  taste.                  
                                          
 decorate  the  dog,  decorate  the  dogs 
 mind, upsize  the  paws,  or  the  whole 
   creature, frame a burroughs portrait,  
 sing a tune about being brought to  your 
 roads end and reborn as  something else. 
                                          
 you    can't    go    the   same    way, 
  unfortunately, though another path is   
 open. a  grimier, grainier, more painful 
 approach. hopefully bliss is at  the end 
 of it,  but  i  don't  know. might  just 
 ruin  you.   will   probably  ruin  you.