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.