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.