I love my cats, and puppies, too.
I love my sweetheart, dear and true.
But when I think of work to do,
I do not want a kinkajou.
(Poem continued below interlude)
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interlude
They have thumbs. I knew somebody with one.
It helped him do nearly everything, and even handed him his tools.
The wrong ones, of course. Then waddled over and dropped them off the roof.
Lots of times it was so “helpful” that he had to lock it in its room to get anything done!
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Some said I’d like a kangaroo
but I don’t think that that is true.
Helpful pets are rare and few,
and I know I’d rue a kangaroo!

And once I thought I’d like an ant
But only huge and kind
Not a nasty bull-ant type…
But then I changed my mind
(above verse by almari)

Dayonda Stribling
® 21 Aug 2011
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