Dog Wants Poems

He learned so quickly how to not bring sticks and balls back
He seems to think when he puts his head down
there should be a bowl...

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I think about eating a cookie
It’s not mine; it is theirs.
But I had no breakfast, so lookie….
It's up for grabs on the top of the...

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Buddy was angry with Daddy yesterday.
He tore up two couch cushions and a duck along the way.
A couple of books, rug, magazine, and mattress –...

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Barkley Wants Dinner

My little dog is barking
through thin air,
inhaling the promise of food.
With every breath
he augments his desire
for meat
with deep pride
in his wolf ancestry:
the gnashing...

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Dog looks confused.
Puts nose up at expensive Science Diet.
She wants chicken, hot, from Kentucky Fried.
With a bit of biscuit, and fine warm butter.

I roll my...

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Maggie, Mag, wants to dally
She wants to play with me
I would rather write a poem
But she won't let me be
Sitting on the floor facing me
Bark,bark,bark,bark,barking

Until...

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