Rants, mumbling, repressed memories, recipes, and haiku from a professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School.
Ah, we all remember our childhood pet! Let's haiku about that this week, ok? Here, I will go first:
A traveling dogwas Topper. From Germanyto VA he roamed. (Des)
Lhasa apso dogLooked like mop without handleThen he ran away
Toilet water -- yum!Ground beef on the counter -- yum!Next: nap in sunshine
Squirrel did not knowThat he was my pet, I guessBut I imagined.
Call him a dachshundOr even a wiener dogEither way it's Fritz
My dog was named BootsBecause she had four white pawsShe was a good dog
New dog with no nameMom said “she’s a smart Cookie”And that was her name
Dachshund Boopie hadbut one skill: swallowing hisfood whole in great gulps.Why waste time chewing?Too much to do. Gotta chasesquirrels. Gotta bark.Gotta dig. Gottabark. Gotta sleep in the sun.Gotta bark, bark, bark.
A pet canaryScattered seed; an empty cagesits in the basementName long forgottenNo doubt buried in backyard Beneath the plum tree
Bessie. Calicocat, named as one would a cow,to mother's regret.
A traveling dog
ReplyDeletewas Topper. From Germany
to VA he roamed.
(Des)
Lhasa apso dog
ReplyDeleteLooked like mop without handle
Then he ran away
Toilet water -- yum!
ReplyDeleteGround beef on the counter -- yum!
Next: nap in sunshine
Squirrel did not know
ReplyDeleteThat he was my pet, I guess
But I imagined.
Call him a dachshund
ReplyDeleteOr even a wiener dog
Either way it's Fritz
My dog was named Boots
ReplyDeleteBecause she had four white paws
She was a good dog
New dog with no name
ReplyDeleteMom said “she’s a smart Cookie”
And that was her name
Dachshund Boopie had
ReplyDeletebut one skill: swallowing his
food whole in great gulps.
Why waste time chewing?
Too much to do. Gotta chase
squirrels. Gotta bark.
Gotta dig. Gotta
bark. Gotta sleep in the sun.
Gotta bark, bark, bark.
A pet canary
ReplyDeleteScattered seed; an empty cage
sits in the basement
Name long forgotten
No doubt buried in backyard
Beneath the plum tree
Bessie. Calico
ReplyDeletecat, named as one would a cow,
to mother's regret.