Pet Poems

Pet Poems

By jim bourey

1.

Deprived of dogs.

Cheated out of cats.

My parents didn't believe in pets.

Not even fish.  And now I live

in a long term loving menagerie.

2.

Little girls love ponies and my

sister loved hers. Her pet pony

was imaginary, easy to groom

and feed but not so easy to torment.

So, instead, I tormented my sister.

3.

Ginger was my first pet, a retriever

named for an old girlfriend, a fine

dog, wise and patient. When I’d pet

her I’d feel calm, relieved, no longer

worried. I truly need Ginger today.

4.

When my pit bull

killed my neighbor's cockatoo

I was sued. But the damn bird

provoked Butch. He doesn't like

bad imitations of his high pitched bark

5.

We kept Smoky in the freezer

until springtime and softer ground.

Then, with proper ceremony, we placed

her, in her Nike box, into a deep grave.

We have coyotes in our neighborhood.