John Lawless Poet Free verse

I Think My Dog Hates Me

I think my dog hates me
perhaps because he listens to my cat
I know my cat hates me
probably because I think he’s my cat.
The cat hates the dog just because he’s a cat,
at heart, a homicidal sociopath with claws.
The dog is slightly neurotic and paranoid
never knowing when the cat will strike again.
Each morning, like 4 AM, I let the cat out,
OK, he howls at the door and torments the dog
until I let him out.  As he leaves I shout
“have a nice day, go kill something”.
He usually does and often brings it home
for my perusal.  The dog just shakes his head
and longs for the good old days back at the shelter.
My neighbor hates me because my cat
uses his flower garden as his litter box.
The cats picture is posted in the Vets office
with one of those red circle/slashes over it.
She told me that this cat, my cat, was fiendishly
feral, that I was enabling his insanity
by refusing to take him to therapy.
The dog whimpered, probably  thinking
about the fact the cat still had about
seven lives left.


John G. Lawless
©5/13/2019

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Andrea Dietrich May 18, 2019 at 12:46 PM my cat got along really well with the dog but she had to be put to sleep this past year. I sure loved that cat.

Andrea Dietrich May 18, 2019 at 12:46 PM haha, this is really fun to read. Hopefully not a true story! John Lawless May 18, 2019 at 5:17 PM Alas, Andrea, much of it is not too greatly exaggerated truth, the yin/yang of pet ownership(don't tell the cat I said that}

Sunlite Wanter May 18, 2019 at 12:15 PM I've been thinking my dog hates me. She ignores me like a cat. This is priceless!

John Lawless May 18, 2019 at 7:18 AM No alligators Caren, but we did do snakes for a science project once.

Caren Krutsinger May 17, 2019 at 7:48 PM I am a bit confused why you do not have an alligator. I want to know how he would enter into this fantastic poem, John. John Lawless May 18, 2019 at 7:26 AM OOPS.....Caren I posted my reply as a comment...

Jan Allison May 17, 2019 at 6:20 PM lol john:-) hugs jan xx John Lawless May 18, 2019 at 7:16 AM Et tu Jan....there's more truth to this than I care to acknowledge..

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 17, 2019 at 3:18 PM Lol Enjoyed! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 18, 2019 at 7:30 AM ;p ...when my first dog was creeping up in age I told her a few times, "my next dog is going to like me". (she does, not to rub it in) John Lawless May 18, 2019 at 7:15 AM glad you enjoyed my torment Mo, sooooooo insensitive.