Blythe Baird - Theories About The Universe

I am trying to see things in perspective.

My dog wants a bite of my peanut butter 
chocolate chip bagel. I know she cannot have this,
because chocolate makes dogs very sick.
Madigan does not understand this. 
She pouts and wraps herself around my leg 
like a scarf, trying to convince me to give her
just a tiny bit. When I do not give in,
she eventually gives up and lays in the corner, 
under the piano, drooping and sad.
I hope the universe has my best interest in mind
like I have my dog's. When I want...