For Want of a Nail You Don'T Stand a Dog's Chance

Look what you have done to my shoelaces, Fluffy!
Now that's hardly a  nice thing to do.
There are things in this world, from a twig to a bone,
that are more admirably suited to chew.

I don't wish to be hypercritical, Fluffy.
You might easily have done something worse,
but there are things in this world, which,  not done up,
lead one all too soon to a hearse.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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