Bella and Coco: A Plaintive Plea and Most Reasonable Response

 

We, Bella and Coco, humbly and respectfully ask that you write a poem for us:

We have been quite patient
But you've been complacent
We have asked you nicely
We won't ask thricely

We will do whatever you ask;
Any mundane quotidian task
Fetch your sock; fetch your shoes
Wash the dishes, if you choose.

 

Only just a simple verse--
Things could get a whole lot worse--
Pee on the carpet; despoil the rugs!
But seriously, we aren't thugs.

Coco and I are reasonable dogs
We don't want to act like hogs.
For other curs you've penned an ode,
Do it now or hit the road.

 

Gentledogs,  please see below response to your plaintive plea:

 

Sweet ragamuffins, I will comply

With your request, and shall reply.

Snaggle-tooth and lazy tongue

Odes to you are barely sung
 

Perhaps there’s a reason, have you thunk?

Look at the depths to which you’ve sunk.

Rude, obnoxious little foundlings

Throwing dirt like nasty groundlings.
 

But alas, you love my friend

To her feelings you do attend

You coddle her when she is down

Cheer her up when you see her frown
 

Leap and bark at her every word

Make her laugh when you chase a bird

You come from the street like a broken toy

Into her life you bring true joy

Thank you both for your love and care

I have to say it… I must be fair.

 

But, now it is my deepest wish

That next time Dorothy find a fish.