My sister Hayley won’t abide
sidewalk users — either side.
From the window seat she likes,
She shouts at scooters, walkers, bikes.
I don’t care as much as her;
But interlopers what gots fur
(like squirrels and those rabbit blokes?)
They get my goat; I chase those folks.
We protect our place
so well
Our human friends
can never tell
How close they come
to real disaster
(They still think
we call them master!)
-Chocolate
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
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