Fetch

Let me retrieve a wagging tail of tome,

call it friendly and faithful,

because it can snarl and growls its words,

but I can go and make it play dead.

 

I love the control without question,

the simple stratagem of silent sayings,

they can bark inside their covers,

yet never have any fleas,

don’t need food or being taken for a walk

or require the use of a leash.

 

Still, they don’t lick your face

and let you know what strangers are new,

so that warm, loving fur whimper

does feel so good inside

even if it can’t tell one

all the secrets of life.

 

Perhaps a book on canines

can truly be the best blessing

add some sounds effects for that doggy illusion.

At least it won’t require a pooper-scooper

unless the insides really reek.

 

Now if only people were as loyal and true

that way our books would have to be

something that make a better companion

than the ones who are the strays

ever coming into our lives

who unlike a book or dog

might really deserve to be neutered

and won’t shut up or obey.