Kayla Gray
CISC 181

I am your best friend
Now, then, and especially
When you are eating.
-Tucker Coopersmith

Birthday Wish From A Dog
unknown author

You feed me when I'm hungry,
You keep water in my dish,
You let me sleep on anything,
Or anyplace I wish.

You sometimes let me lick your hands,
Or even lick your face,
Despite the fact I've licked myself,
In every private place.

You taught me how to come when called,
You taught me how to sit,
You always let me go outside,
So I can take a stroll.

I've been with you through oh, so much,
Through laughter and through tears,
I hope you live to be a hundred...
(that's 700 in doggy years.)

The Dog's Cold Nose
Arthur Guiterman

When Noah, perceiving 'twas time to embark,
Persuaded the creatures to enter the Ark,
The dog, with a friendliness truly sublime,
Assisted in herding them, two at a time.

He drove in the elephants, zebras and gnus
Until they were packed like a boxful of screws.
The c*t in the cupboard, the mouse on the shelf,
The bug in the crack; then he backed in himself.

But such was the lack of available space,
He couldn't tuck all of him into the place;
So after the waters had flooded the plain
And down from the heavens fell blankets of rain.

He stood with his muzzle thrust out through the door
The whole forty days of that terrible pour!
Because of which drenching, zoologists hold,
The nose of a healthy dog always is cold!

Celebrating Animals-Confronting Cruelty
Humane Society of the United States