Best Friends
She just
Wanted him in the water
She just did
But his four legs
Wouldn’t budge
He knew a bath well
And didn’t like the smell
She tried to tell him
It wasn’t about a bath
That all she wanted
Was a little company
In her plastic pool
But he wouldn’t have it
And sat down on the job
In a tug-of-war
They pulled and pleaded
No end in sight
After awhile
Grandparents gave in
And let her have her way
Proud as a princess she sat
On her plastic throne in her plastic pool
With her dog at her feet
Her hand tight around his harness
There was no getting away
As she began to pet him
He didn’t seem to mind being confined
As she began to talk sweet to him
He nudged closer to hear
As she leaned down and hugged his neck
He realized this water thing
Wasn’t so bad after all
In fact he rather enjoyed
Being loved by this wild child
And so he stayed in that plastic pool
Long after she left
Waiting for her
To come back
And love him
Once more
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