Parallel Worlds

although not parallel universes in the sense envisioned by science fiction writers and string theory physicists my dog and I live in the same but very different worlds, mine is more colourful but his far more fragrant and his hearing more acute and our tastes differ as i’m sure i’d find the dry kibble he wolfs down boring while he is ok with eating broccoli and even brusselsprouts yet when he thrusts his head into my lap and I scratch behind his ears as he wags his tail our worlds converge