carol.fletcher
I am thankful for dogs and for laughter
Here’s a truth I can guarantee.
This cannot be disputed.
I love the dog; the dog loves me.
It’s a simple fact, like gravity.
It cannot be uprooted.
Here’s a truth I can guarantee.
She’s the model of canine bonhomie.
She deserves to be saluted.
I love the dog; the dog loves me.
She’s feisty as a Rapparee;
Her ethics are convoluted.
But here’s a truth I can guarantee,
She’s the essence of cameraderie.
Her soul is unpolluted.
I love the dog; the dog loves me.
Absent all chicanery
Her love is undiluted.
Here’s a truth I can guarantee:
I love the dog; the dog loves me.
Editorial note: Doggerel in the form of a villanelle. I don’t know what came over me.
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