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.