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.