Four-Legged Monster!
Here I sit in the middle of the floor
Pullin’ my hair out over you once more!
Four-legged monster, furry little beast!
You better hide before I get to my feet!
Tripped on my own rug where you buried your bone,
Face down in clean laundry that you have strown!
Where are you now, you better come here!
You’re not a cat with nine lives, you better have fear!
What on earth did you do to the house today?
I didn’t leave it looking this way!
Everything within reach is now in the floor
And my overstuffed pillows are stuffed no more!
The cat needs a valium, I think I need one to,
My house is a war zone between you two!
I swear when I find you you’re headed for the pound!
Don’t care what you cost right now you’re a hound!
And where is the meat I set out for dinner?
If you ate that you’ll be beat till you’re thinner!
Where are you hiding, you flea-bitten mutt!
You can’t hide forever, you better give up!
There you are….oh, now would you just look at that.
Asleep on my bed snuggled close with the cat.
Sleepy eyes open, little tail wags so hard,
Kissy licks for Mom gives this old heart a jar.
The blame is on me for not putting you up,
What can I expect from a six-month-old pup?
Tomorrow will be different, you’ll stay in your pen.
That’s why it was bought, to keep you from sin.
Come here to me, you precious little thing…
Mom loves you so, to me you have wings.
Kathy Henderson
3 – 1999
When Memories Surface
When memories surface how many do you see?
It’s overwhelming the one’s for me!
Many, many dogs have shared my life,
Like people each one different as day and night.
Each personality different, each one truly special.
Not one in so many possessed any evil.
Were it but possible I’d still have each one
Gathered all ‘round me when my day is done.
So many precious souls I’ve had in my trust,
I loved each one dearly, it’s so hard to adjust
To being without a dog but it has to be.
Tho pity me not for I have many memories to see
I remember each one with love just for me.
There are those people who’ve never known
Or cared to have a dog in their home.
I have trouble understanding their hardness of heart,
Maybe because I’ve had dogs since my start.
When memories surface they bring a smile to my face,
And yes sometimes tears for their empty space.
For the years I have left on Gods sweet earth
I’ll remember each one and value their worth.
Should prayers be answered and Heavens gate I see,
Oh, what a pack will be waiting for me!
I’ll count each head, make sure no one’s missing
Then get down to business of hugging and kissing.
It should take forever but then times not a problem
To renew the love I remember so often.
When your memories surface enjoy each one
Kept close in your heart when your day is done.
For each one is different, they won’t be repeated,
The love each one shares never depleted.
So when its quiet and memories return
Take peace in knowing their love you did earn.
Kathy Henderson
4 – 1999
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