Oliver the Musical

 

Four times a day for

A little while

I’m daddy to a dog

It was two cats before

Do I have a cottage industry?

 

Oliver is named for the orphan

One of Boz’s foundlings

And the subject of a show

With an exclamation point

 

He was rescued

From winter

Snow and ice

And, sad to conceive, a chain

He winces

And that’s trauma

 

Oliver’s part border collie

I can see that

Not so large, someone guessed part

Dachshund

Well, okay

He is affectionate

The only dog I’ve known to put

His paws upon my shoulders

In a hug

 

Good things come in stories

Sometimes we get happy endings

Because he’s treated well

By the family, all the children

A fenced-in backyard

Oliver’s days are fine now

He has more

 

C L Couch

 

 

Border Collie Working

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