Ongoing #34

Finally!

I had skipped over one of the doodles in book because try as I might I couldn't get an idea for a poem from it. It shows a man in a T-shirt that says "Dog Walker". He has  nine dog leads. The dogs haven't been drawn and that's the bit you are supposed to doodle. 

I came at it from all angles but with no success. 

Then I thought of this. It took a few hours to develop into something sensible, especially trying to find a logical way to sequence the verses and the last verse that wrapped up the poem.

This is what I came up with.

Pets I never had

I never had a dog.

I never had a cat.

I never had a budgie or a fish.

I never had a gerbil,

Didn't even have a rat,

And though I had a rabbit it was served up in a dish.

I never had a parrot,

A canary or a mouse.

I never had a spider or a snake.

I asked once for a ferret

They wouldn't have it in the house

Though I briefly had a wasp until it stung me by mistake.

I never had a lion,

A giraffe or a gnu.

I never had a shark or manta ray.

I never had a crocodile

A wolf or caribou

And when I had a daddy-longlegs it died after a day

I never had a phoenix

Or a dragon, though I think

A dragon fly once fluttered round with hope

And if I'd had a kraken

I'd have kept it in the sink

And let it guard the plug, shampoo and soap.

No, I never had a pet

Of any kind, you see

Though I often begged for one from mother.

All she'd ever say

When she had to answer me

Was, "What do we want a pet for? We've got you and your brother."