I stopped at the corner of the street, And wished I could be two instead Of one, but followed all four feet Toward the enticing scent of treat That though unseen lay just ahead; Then turned me toward another scent Around the corner – burning cow, Enticing, sharp and redolent; A backyard barbecue I meant […]
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Chorus: Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet He’s got a job to do. When I was young I used to bark At any noise out in the dark And any stranger at the door Encountered my most fearsome roar. But
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When first that canine Ziggy came to wreck my sweet content I felt assured that his attacks I’d slyly circumvent, For he was so unsubtle, he was hardly worth a scoff – But though I humbled him repeatedly, he just would not lay off. When first he came into my home, he was easily evaded
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On a walk again I just can’t wait to get on a walk again And smell some bushes for the news of all my friends And I can’t wait to get on a walk again On a walk again I just can’t wait to get on a walk again Kick up some dirt to leave
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Just a lazy Ziggy, got an old branch to chew Wadin in the creek, nothin better to do Dragonflies driftin over sparklin waves Catfish lyin doggo in their bankside caves Just a lazy Ziggy in the summertime You can wade in with me if you don’t mind the slime Tadpoles lip my toes, horseflies bug
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“Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the
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