Pylimitics

"Simplicity" rearranged


The dog optimist

Hayley just eats when she’s hungry.
She says that she’ll wait for a while.
I’m always ready for a treat or a snack
And either one makes me smile.

When I was a pup
There were bad folks around
And I learned right away
I should eat what I found

But Hayley has never
met anyone mean
And she doesn’t believe
When I say what I’ve seen.

She just knows she can wait
And there’ll be plenty more
At most a small woof
And her bowl’s on the floor

She knows I am different
But doesn’t insist;
That’s my sister:
incurable dog-optimist.

-Chocolate



About Me

I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.