Delirious

By Darren M. Grine

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a whippet and I love to play

Savoring the moment to run all day

 

I wait for something to zip on by

Hoping to chase and catch it on the fly

 

While enjoying a scamper in the park

I’ll zoom recklessly and sometimes bark

 

If you turn to look the other way

 I’ll take off because I don’t do as you say

 

You might think of me as breathless

At times my gutsy image makes me careless

 

With my long and tapered muzzle

Your newspaper becomes a frazzled puzzle

 

Even though I like to tear things apart

My irresistible grin will steal your heart

 

Most of my requests are outstanding

If it’s not top of the line I start demanding

 

Food on the table becomes open game

If it’s steak or pizza I’m always to blame

 

That loveseat in the corner I consider mine

If you want to sit here you better wait another time

 

My actions become a center of dispute

No matter the controversy I always look cute

 

I seem to go through life without a care

Many pause to admire me or just stop to stare

 

Even though I’m known as precarious

I’m a whippet, acclaimed to be intent and delirious

 

 

Copyright ©2005 Darren M. Grine

 

 

 

Poem cannot be used without the written consent of the author.

 

 

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