Duly noted

When I took the dog out for his last trip of the evening to the grass on the side of the driveway, I was disturbed by the dog's reticence to use a particular piece of the front yard, as he stopped and smelled and sniffed and acted as if there was something missing or present where he was smelling, I suppose, which prevented him from going any further, even though both of us knew there were duties here to undertake, for him, not me, no, it is true that we both had to take care of our duties, and it seemed as if we both would be unfulfilled, but he finally found an acceptable spot to seek relief and I was able to take leave of my momentary sense of frustration and notice that the moon was full and completely filling the dark night with a special light so that the skies above my head were a deep blue with a new type of illumination as if there were a second, more brilliant moon in the sky or a second source of light. The moment passed.