There Is a Brighter Side Three Contest

Do you know what it’s like Being a stray, that is A homely sight No flower beds for your biz People looked at me with pity As they’d walk their golden doodles Dachshunds, long and nippy Those high faulting fools What happened to a mutt Being a respectable family dog I try not to lick my butt Intact tail and dewclaws By the dumpster, I would sleep And have these amazing dreams On a farm, I’d round up sheep In shape, strong and lean It should come as no surprise I embellished more than a little When the opportunity, did arise I walked straight in the kennel The gentleman who took me in Had a lot of faith in me Following a wink and grin He quickly set me free It wasn’t quite as I imagined Those curly headed beasts Weren’t the ones that I’d been counting To drift me off to sleep Confused as a peach on a grapevine Butting heads, then seeing stars Incapable of forming a straight line They couldn’t see, this was an art Each day was a small improvement And now, they’re single file A cadence to their movement To make my owner smile He lets me sleep at his feet Gives me scraps after dinner Perhaps a small deceit But now he has a winner