Dog Gone , Bone Search

Dog Gone , Bone Search

Seeking, this yard, looking for a bone
not a cool drink, just not for me
A bone, a bone, master still on the phone
but, there, there is my favorite tree!

Sweet release, now back to my hard task
cat races away, why I have no clue
If only there was somebody here to ask
and where hides a big bone they knew!

Over there, fresh dirt shows a treasure
buried beneath must be a large bone
When I dig it up I can then just measure
while master stays busy on the phone.

Mine at last, the great prize I so graved
so tasty, this delicious treat
Should I keep it and have it engraved
or yield to hunger and just eat?

Great quest it was, certainly no lark
a bone, a bone found was this food
Time to scratch and let out a loud bark
this delicious bone sets that mood!

Master races out with same bowl of crap
bone now gone, I ate it so quick
Time to ignore him, pretending a nap
I may be only a dog but I am still slick!

R.J. Lindley 
Jan, 22nd 1971
Note - Old poem, light verse and bored, goofing 
around one night.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 8/22/2015 3:26:00 AM
This is very entertaining, Robert! Thinking about it, could be an appropriate entry for Casarah's contest. // paul
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Date: 8/22/2015 12:02:00 AM
wow, you wrote this in '71. I was in high school just studying creative writing at that time with no knowledge I would ever be a poet! I like this putting yourself in the "paws" of a dog!! Fun story poem, Robert!
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Date: 8/21/2015 2:10:00 AM
This made me laugh out loud Robert:-) hugs jan xx
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