The Parking Lot Puppy

THE PARKING LOT PUPPY

I found you in the parking lot

You Said:  If I follow you home

Will you keep me?

I said:  Well, you are kinda cute

Let me think it over. Okay! I thought it over!

Let's go over to Starbucks and I'll observe you

And see what kind of tricks you can do

And if you've been properly trained.

And we did and you were and I was tickled pink

(Whatever the heck that means!)

Well, I was tickled and probably pink also

I don't know. But you sure were cute.

You Cocker Spaniel, you!

You Pomeranian puppy, you Beagle baby

You Sheep Dog that turned Hound Dog

Turned Shar Pei turned Rottweiler

Turned Pit Bull turned Pot Bellied Pig

(Oh, wait, wrong species!)

What happened to my cute little

 Adorable Puppy Boy? What happened to my

 Sad eyed little affectionate sock chewer?

You're just fat and bald and wrinkled

And inconsiderate and indifferent

And uncaring and mean!

So, go get all your toys and your comfy bed

And your bowls and your leashes

And your squeaky stuff and your treats

And get in the car!

I'm taking you back to the parking lot

Where I found you and setting you free!

No, we can't go to starbucks and talk!

And no, don't look at me with those

Big brown moist eyes

I'm not falling for that routine again, mister!

Get out now

 And follow some other poor girl around

And ruin her life

I'm not gonna be your pal no more!

Sorry...........

Didn't mean to slam the car door on your tail

(much)

Buh..Bye!

And I watch you shuffle away dejectedly

With your tail between your legs

With your arms all full of the great stuff I bought you

And for a moment, I feel sorry for you.

But then I see the sign I had slapped on your back

Which reads:

If you find this dog, don't pick him up!

Call the Dog Catcher immediately

May have rabies, definitely has fleas

Is not house broken, is extremely spoiled

Loves nobody and he ain't no friend of mine!!

(Or anybody's.)

And I smile at your retreating backside

As a tear tries to roll down my cheek

Then you turn to look at me over your mangy shoulder

With that little once endearing leer

As if to say "Watch this!"

And you approach a pretty blonde girl

Getting out of a Toyota

Who reaches down to scratch behind your ears
Goes "Ooh and Ah! You Sweet Boy, you!

And scoops you up in unsuspecting arms.

©by Voo

Oct 13, 2005 

7:15 p.m.

Oct 13, 2005

 7:15 p.m.

WAR

War

Measures, counter measures, wounds and scars

Systematic, problematic, ordnance of war

Weaponry, battlefields, dropping of bomb

Cannon balling, name calling, will victory ever come?

Knives to the back, bullets to the head

Bayonets to the side, stabbing until dead

Underwater, overwater, flyby attacks

Night vision goggles helping to track.

Walking and stalking, following to see

Where the opposition goes to and where he might be

Interrogation, torture, tears of grief and pain

Marching mile upon the mile crying in the rain.

Wounded deep but not too deep

To go to God above

The war that started the day we met

On the battlefield of love.

©by Voo

May 16, 2004 

2 p.m.

R.I.P. Benjamin..... Pray for Lisa Marie and her mom and family.

Sad News Today

I Still Cry by Ilse De Lange

Departure


I cannot go where you go now
There among the stars
And unending night
I cannot follow in your airy footsteps
Or fly on the gossamer wings
That have been granted 
In the taking of your life
And the bestowing of the death
Of the best and brightest of all companions
I can only grieve and regret now
Wondering if by loving you more
I could have kept you fastened
More firmly on this infirm planet
And preserved physically the essence
That made you who you are
That will keep you who you always will be
Here in this heart now that's deprived of your joy
Here in this mind now that is filled with your memory
Here in this house now that is haunted by your face.


©by Voo
May 17, 2005
 9:15 p.m.

posted in memory of Benjamin 😥🧡🖤

Always On My Mind