I came across your collar today
Sorting what remains
So faded
These eyes
Can barely make you out
But pretty in pink I breathe you in
And jingle jangle
For a moment I think you’re here
To know me
No me
Into the drawer to fragrant past days

In honor of National Make a Dog’s Day, let’s do so with four-pawed Factslaps (E&T Remix):

• As of 2018, Americans own 89.7 million dogs.

• The world’s oldest dog died at age 29.

• Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field.

• Humans and dogs first became best friends 30,000 years ago.

• Every dog’s mitochondrial DNA is 99.9% the same as a gray wolf.

• In English-speaking countries, the most popular names for dogs are Max and Molly.

• Dogs have 13 blood types, horses have 8, cows have 9, while humans have only 4.

Paul McCartney recorded an ultrasonic whistle audible only to dogs at the end of “A Day in the Life.”