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Hesitant

A big conclusion by tomorrow I must hurry up and reach.
 It's about what I am to ‘do’ with my doggy “boy, Billy ‘Blue’.”
Half-wittingly I just keep vacillating between two notions.
 My mind is ‘churning’; my thoughts ‘turning’ like a tsunami.
 A bouncy cute but "crazy critter" is making me feel so daft.
'He' may ‘BE’ in control of ‘ME’, a “bungling fur baby’s” Mama.
Do I give him back this Monday? Oh, I need to decide by then.
No ‘napping' for all his ‘yapping,’ but “his eyes” are "so sweet!"

Sept. 25, 2022
for Joseph May's The A's Have It Poetry Contest
(I sure hope I did this right!)

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Unseeking Seeker Date: 10/6/2022 8:59:00 AM A dilemma indeed ~ congrats on your top win, Andrea! Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 10/5/2022 7:19:00 AM Congratulations on this great winner. No nonsense here. Way to go. Sara Login to Reply

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 10/3/2022 7:29:00 AM Ha! Clever Andrea. Linda Login to Reply

Joseph May Date: 10/2/2022 5:43:00 AM The eyes say "keep me", Wonderful write Andrea, Congrats on your win Login to Reply

Joe Maverick Date: 9/28/2022 9:35:00 AM Hi Andrea, I can feel you are sad, over what to Do with Billy-blue..Yet if you are being really Stressed out that's no fun for him.' Either, I Wish you well in what happens; do give him a Pat me from me also.' Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/28/2022 10:31:00 AM He is gone now. WE surrendered him to the breeder and last night my cats came to me more than before, so I think the dog around was also affecting my relationship with the two cats. I miss Billy but I made the right decision

Joe Dimino Date: 9/28/2022 3:35:00 AM Just a thought, call a trainer and maybe he or she could help guide your decision. Had to smile at the poem though, having had similar situations in my life. Adorable but a problem. Excellent write! Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/28/2022 10:31:00 AM they wanted too much money and I tried PetSmart's group and it was a really bad program. Anyway, Billy is gone now, hopefully to the wonderful life of a stud dog!!

Bj Legros Kelley Date: 9/26/2022 1:39:00 PM This really made me laugh No ‘napping' for all his ‘yapping,’ You are really talented Andrea, I could never do this form. Honestly, there is not a whole lot of forms I actually have tried, I just write what the muse of the moment leads my pen! You did really well with this I think! Good luck with Billy Blue, furbabies can be quite the handful when they're young. They mellow out with age. I had a dog named Spot when I was young, I wrote a poem about him. He was a handful as a puppy :) <3 Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/26/2022 7:49:00 PM I have to wait till friday it seems. But oh well, it is what it is. Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/26/2022 7:43:00 PM WEll, my two cats are enough for me. I just had them fixed and now I have to keep them separated somehow from Billy. He is barking for attention this very moment, which gives me the incentive I need to realize he just isn't going to work out. The breeder will be able to get him placed with hopefully a home with kids.

Harry Horsman Date: 9/26/2022 6:44:00 AM You sure are torn on 'boy billy blue' makes for good poetry. love this. Oh your captcha code is RUB, the doggies belly maybe? Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/27/2022 11:12:00 AM he does like his tummy rubbed I'm going to miss that cute little doggie but I won't miss all the aggravation

Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/25/2022 11:57:00 PM I'm sure you're very adept at these combinations. Login to Reply

Jeff Kyser Date: 9/25/2022 7:23:00 PM Is this an 'A's Have it' entry? I had a hard time with trying to make the last letter of the last word of each line spell what I wanted - I found that to be a difficult challenge! Good luck with your poem and your decision! Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/25/2022 9:25:00 PM I agree with Milt. It's difficult but actually I've tried harder ones! L Milton Hankins Date: 9/25/2022 8:15:00 PM This is the most difficult contest I have ever contended with. I would get one thing down and realize I had messed up another. It's so hard to juggle three different requirements. Anyway, I finally got one and submitted it...hopefully. Good luck in your efforts, Jeff. Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/25/2022 7:32:00 PM Don't use any words with I in them . It's REALLY hard to find a good normal word that ends with an I!!! See how all I could come up with was tsunami! Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/25/2022 7:28:00 PM Yes, I need to hurry and add that to the bottom of the poem. I was trying so hard to match everything up with quotes, etc. Now to the other part!!! I was going to have Billy blue neutered along with my male cats in the morning, but I'm holding off now. The breeder we got him from says she will take him back probably but it's best he not be neutered, so then he can be used as a stud. I feel horrible. But I can't seem to train him very well and it's very frustrating because the dog was supposed to be my husband's , not mine. Of course, I got left with doing everything and I'm just not a dog person. My hubbie doesn't seem to even care what happens, and that makes me sad because Billy is a good dog, if he only could have a person who knew how to deal with him.