The Kingdom of Genghis
So I asked my little Kublai with his big sad face
Where are the doggy toys that once litter the place
No chewy ball, no pull rope or bone of cloth
No toy birds or animals how did so much get lost
Kublai pointed his nose and glanced his eyes
Toward the fury Genghis caught by surprise
Genghis stretched his front legs and let out a yap
Rolled on his back and purred like a cat
Wagging his tail and licking Kublai face
But nothing could make up for what had taken place
Kublai growled and snapped at his little friend
Genghis dived under the bed his tail following him
Now Kublai be nice no fighting will resolve
We need little Genghis for this mystery to solve
So I bent down to get Ghengis from under my bed
This is what I saw with covers over my head
It looked like Noah's Ark had disembarked
A hundred plastic eyes stare at me from the dark
With flash light I begin to see
Little fury faces staring back at me
There were lions tigers and bears
A raccoon who had lost his hair
Squirrels and chipmunks a sock monkey or two
Cats and rabbits and a toy dog of blue
A tailless whale, a duck without his beak
A mouse and a hedgehog who had chewed feet
A elephant and donkey to be politically correct
A horse with mange a giraffe with a sore neck
There was a seal and rubber balls
A wingless goose and a zebra I recall
A headless clown, another mouse and armadillo
With stuffing of white exposed from these fellows
As I freed each toy into the light
Kublai happily dance with delight
After I removed the hippopotamus
There hid Genghis who brought this upon us
He crawled out from under his lair
His head was down from shame and fear
But I picked up the little growler and gave him a hug
And Kublai licked his face without a grudge
So now there is a legend within our home
If ever it seems all the toys have roamed
We know where to seek and free them
Under the bed in Genghis's Kingdom.
Copyright © Fritz Purdum | Year Posted 2013
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