Oh wearisome condition of caninity Born with four paws, forbidden still to bound; Denied all joys for which I have affinity, Provided voice, yet not to make a sound. Why am I made to hunt, to howl, to roam And yet impelled to share some human’s home? I am supposed to ask for approbation, To […]
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Stanza 1 In the Beginning was the bark And the bark was with Dog, and the bark was Dog All jarring atoms coalescing At bark’s first alluring call That sweet voice called them all together, Assembled chaos from their strife. Then did the trees, the air, the seas Assemble in one whole Called to communion
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Old sofa bed’s got me Eyes wantin to close Bring me my chew toy Sick of chewin my toes Can’t get to the front door Even when the doorbell rings Guess I’m not gonna hunt more For anything the mailman brings My dear old Schatzie Wonderin where she been Try, but cannot see But maybe
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Abou Ben Zigmund (may his tribe be blessed!) Awoke to find an unexpected guest Brighter than the moonlight on the forest floor Where he had slept in peace an hour or more – An angel, scraping with a stick in dirt. “Pray, Being, what words do you insert Into the virgin loam, this bed of
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There is no Paper like a bush To bring us today’s news No Mystery Book more crowded With tantalizing clues – Of strangers to the neighborhood Of good or ill intent Of all we need to apprehend In how one twig is bent.
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Dolly Dachsund loved chasing balls That’s a pastime that never palls She considered that day a waste If at the end no ball had been chased So when Jocko, her Scotty pard, Growled, “Let’s play in the neighbor’s yard,” She put her feet down and answered, “No! Jocko, there’s only one place to go: “Take
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