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Gimme!! Gimme!! Gimme!! Gimme!! Waddayagot?? Gimme Gimme Gimme!

Looks good. Ohhhhhman oh man!! Smells good too!!

Gimme!

 

My dog begs.

I lay still

in my hammock

by a river.

Nature rushing by

me (for a change).

 

C’mon! C’mon!! You usually share everything with me!! 

What gives… cmmmmmaaahhhhnnn. I’m a gud boiiii remember??

I brought you that dead mouse AND that decaying bird buried in the leaves. 

I just want a piece!! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!!

 

My dog knows “sit”

and he knows “down.” 

A smart pup,

he even knows 

paw

leave it

roll over

 

(OK

You got me.

no.

he doesn’t know 

what the words

actually mean,

but he knows

how to get a treat

after I make

a particular sound.)

 

I reason with him.

 

No, buddy,

it’s chocolate.

You’ll get sick.

Everyone knows that.

 

He doesn’t know

that trick yet. 

He never will.

 

But I continue.

 

You only think

you want this

but you really 

won’t like it 

in the long run.

 

(Who knows really?

Maybe he does

understand

what I’m saying.)

 

He lays down

and pleads once

More with his 

fat puppy-eyes

before giving up.

 

He eats an ant

off the rock,

coughs it up,

sighs

Then closes his

eyes.

Just as happy.

 

And I think,

how nice it would be

to only have

these dog problems.

 

Still I beg

incessantly

for things that

I think I need.

 

What trick don’t I know?

Billy Hafferty

Billy Hafferty is probably still hanging out of the passenger side of his best friend's ride trying to holler at you.

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