The Door Not Opened

Two doors diverged in the hall,

And sorry I could not open both,

And being a dog, long I stood,

And looked at one as long I could

But it did not open.

Then looked at the other, just as long,

And being perhaps the better claim,

Because behind it I could hear,

quiet typing there.

Behind the other, no sound at all,

And both that morning equally closed,

Preventing me to travel on.

Oh to have a pair of thumbs!

Yet knowing the way of one,

I doubted I would like the other.

I shall be barking yet again,

Out here in the hall;

Two doors diverged in the hall, and I –

I barked at the one more traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

[Editor’s Note: My sincere apologies to fans of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken for Chuck Billy’s reinterpretation.]

Two doors diverged in the hall...

Two doors diverged in the hall…

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Chuck Billy is a Golden Retriever, living in Southern Maine, who likes to share his unique observations on life with his little brother Asa. When not writing his blog, he spends his days being awesome.

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