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.