It's a Dog Eat Anything World

She lies there and sleeps
like an angel! A saint!
But, just for the record:
A saint, he ain't.
Dish towels are vainishing;
blankets are too!
And where on this earth
is my other shoe?
I've even found afghans
in heaps, on the floor.
And newspapers shredded
in front of the door.
I can't find a bath towel.
I'm missing some clothes.
Most of my socks
are minus their toes.
Magazines, ripped up and
under a chair.
Things that were here
are now over there.
My glasses! They're gone too!
They're not on my nose.
Have these things just vanished?
ONLY THE "SHADOW" KNOWS.

 
 

Dog's Pledge.

*I will not eat the cats' food, before or after they eat it.
* Even though I'm a springer, I will not spring through the open car window and into the fast food restaurant, no matter how good it smells.

* The computer's mouse is, unlike a real mouse, inedible.

* I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of carpet in  the house when I am about to throw up.

* I will not throw up in the car.

* I *will* scootch my bottom along the grass to rid myself of  hangers-on.
* I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.

* "Kitty box crunchies" are not food.

* I will not eat any more socks and then re-deposit them in the backyard  after processing.
* I will not wake Mommy up by sticking my cold, wet nose on her bottom end.

* I will not chew my human's toothbrush and not tell them.

* I will not chew crayons or pens, 'specially not the red ones, or my
  people will think I am hemorrhaging.

* When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down
  when it's raining outside.

* I will not drop soggy tennis balls in the underwear of someone who is
  sitting on the toilet.
* We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on TV.
* I will not bite my Daddy in the ass when he turns away just  after
  scolding me.

* I will not steal my Mom's underwear and dance all over the back  yard with it.

* The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mom & Dad's laps.

* My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

* I will not bite the officer's hand when he reaches in for Mom's  driver's license and car registration.

* I will not play tug-o'-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the   toilet.

* I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying  under the coffee table.
* I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.

* The garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff.

* I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house.

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