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.