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Animal House

ANIMAL HOUSE Oh, give me a home Where the beasties roam Where dogs on the couches play Where the kitties explode With needled claws showed And Scatter the rugs each day Where the gerbils dig in To demand feeding again By squeaking a very loud wheel And scratch on their glass Without very much class Until they obtain their meal From couch and chair I vacuum the hair With which the furniture’s lined I love them all dearly Although they nearly Drive me out of my mind The Terrier needs clipping The kitty pan’s dripping The Shephard’s in heat again The gerbils’ bedding To the floor is spreading My chores are about to begin But they’re all worthwhile They make me smile The kitties cuddle so sweet The Terrier plays ball The Shephard guards all And the gerbils have tickly-cute feet!

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Mari Banks

Date: 9/20/2020 8:12:00 PM

I loved this. I could just see your home filled with cacophony and animals - all feeling loved. A nice bright read. Adorable!

Jan Allison

Date: 1/6/2020 3:50:00 PM

This is so cute Janet and I am singing along to home home on the rangeeeeee where the deer and the antelope playyy - what a wonderful parody of the song !:-) hugs Jan xx

M. L. Kiser

Date: 11/6/2019 3:20:00 PM

Hahaha! Wonderful fun write; I've had cats, dogs, and gerbils; you've nailed them all. Still, we couldn't live without them, could we?

Janet Grace
Date: 11/8/2019 7:13:00 AM

Yes, we have had them all but when our children were grown there were no more gerbils, the bothersome little rodents! Cats, dogs and horses however, we could never live without! Thanks for your complimentary review! :)

Joseph May

Date: 11/1/2019 7:26:00 AM

Wonderful write Janet, best wishes

Janet Grace
Date: 11/1/2019 7:42:00 AM

Thank you for the review, Mr. May!

Panagiota Romios

Date: 10/28/2019 3:20:00 PM

I hereby nominate this lovely work as poem of the day.+++ You, are an artist with a pen and maybe should enter some contests? Don't be shy! I know you are not.-)) Panagiota xxx

Janet Grace
Date: 10/29/2019 7:12:00 AM

As are you not shy, as I know well from communications with you. This poem I wrote way back in the 1980s before we graduated to Hungarian Vizslas and Pomeranians for dogs and kept gerbils for our kids when they were still kids and could only afford fabric furniture. When I found it in my poetry archives I decided to post it on Soup. Thanks so much for the most complimentary review.