Dogged Doggerel
By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 07, 2019
Dogged Doggerel
Even for an old hound
His master's voice
Obedience training
Never really ends
Having long ago
Mastered sit, heel, stay
What can I say
She wanted to know
No words said
Just looks instead
Getting into my head
Not so much new tricks
They really don’t stick
When will you change
Start acting like an adult
Habits set in stone
Going it alone
Ways of doing things
Just for the heck of it
Stubborn as a mule
No who, when or why
Still giving it a try
Snap of the whip
Perched on its stool
Moth eaten mane
Shaggy lion growls
Craggy toothless snarl
More habit than menace
Deranged and insane
Battle long lost
That was then
Not home on the range
Hopeless captivity
All seemed the same
No need to suffer
Purring for supper
Scant hints of change
Pops an upper
Uncanny introspection
Isn’t it strange
All for naught
At what cost
Seemed so lost
Stooped to conquer
Suddenly last summer
Surrounded by cannibals
Gnawing on his bones
Abandoned and alone
Said Kaddish in Yiddish
Krapp's Last Tape
Spoooool he roared
A lion's final trick
Smooth and slick
King of the jumble
Jive ass jambalaya