There once was a young girl named lizzy
Who’s puppy was all in a tizzy
His nose ran away
His stomach would stray
And his fingers were constantly busy

Now lizzy, she grew and she grew
And her puppy grew with her two
But no matter the changes
Or trials or dangers
She never knew just what to do

About the dear pet who would freeze
Every time someone round him would sneeze
He was scared to get sick
And he thought that the trick
Was to hide behind poor lizzy’s knees

One day when dear puppy had hidden
Behind lizzy’s knees without reason
Lizzy said “that’s enough”
Took him by the scruff
And dragged him to Old Dr. Ridden

“Dr. Ridden!” said Lizzy, a-quaking
“I am tired of dear puppy’s aching”
Get ride of the pain,
The fear and the shame,
And remind puppy dear of his making!”

Dr. Ridden said, “Surely my dear.
It will cost you a bit though, I fear.
I’ll use all my tests
And I’ll try my best
But be prepared for worst, are we clear.” 

Lizzy pulled out a hand full of change,
And with that everything was arranged
For the cure to be had
The result, good or bad,
So puppy could be *“home on the range”

*Meaning back to his normal self

Dr. Ridden, asked questions and prodded
All the while dear puppy just nodded
Not sure what to say
Thinking this was mere play
And believing all soon would sorted



It started at first as a tear
Dr. Ridden said, “Well how about here?”
He poked in a spot
That made puppy wail
And freeze all up with the fear

“Oh my, well I see how this works,
My bringing this up causes jerks
In your eyes and your heart
Well now, there’s a start
I’ll cure you of all these bezerks.”

All this time, Lizzy sat quite wide-eyed
Her puppy, though scared, never cried.
But now here he was
Wailing loud, just because
Lizzy wanted to have him be tried

Now here’s where the story gets icky
Dear puppy was becoming quite sticky
With all of the tears
Built up through all the years
He had hidden so well all his sicky…….ness

Lizzy wanted to take it all back
But the damage had made the attack
On poor puppy’s brain
He’d ne’er be the same
She’d never get him back on track

She burst through the door of the test room
And snatched puppy dear from his dark gloom
And carried him home
Trying not to bemoan
Her decision to bring him to doom

From then on Lizzy kept Puppy close
So that no one could try to fix him
Resolution you ask?
What happened to rhyme?
They both don’t exist in real life





A poem

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011