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Diminishing Doggie Returns - ©2023 by (((Trevor Patrick)))


--{new adventures in edible-assisted
and canine-hindered guitar praxis}--


"Oh Milo, you bratty mutt-pup:
Ye, who seems to believe,
that there's a ten-second Statute of Limitations
on every given command...

"Sit? Stay? LOLwut?!
By Caleb, that's so humiliating!
He growls: "Nah, I think I'm good, bro.
I'll just claw-step on your feet
as I loudly whine, carry on and dance!"

And I say:
"Yes, Prince von Puppers...
Ye, whose rose-eared head,
is so filled with
piss, vinegar and mutton;

Yeah, sitting there with that:
'I want it NOOOOOW!!!' whine
is just as effective
as when I finger-hammer the elevator button."

"...And don't you muzzle-pout
and "urrrgle" at me--
I'm not gonna listen
to that sort of doggie back-talk!

"It's just as good
a use of your time
As hopping from foot to foot
At the crosswalk (or bus stop).

"'Cuz if I actually WANT
that kind of frustration;
well, I've got far easier
and purer ways to get it:

"It happens every time
I suddenly realise
that I've started looking at the clock
more than once a minute.