LANI

THERE WAS A LITTLE ANIMAL RUNNING AROUND

AND SHE ONLY CAME UP TO MY KNEE

SHE WAS AS CUTE AS BUTTON AND TWICE AS SWEET

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER WHEN SHE PEED

SHE LOVED THE OUT-DOORS PLAYING BALL

IN THE YARD AT VARIOUS TIMES

BUT WHAT A PAIN SHE COULD REALLY BE

PLACING THOSE COCKER LAND MINES

WE LOVED HER IN SPITE, THIS LITTLE GIRL

AND KNOW SHE LOVED US TOO

THAT WAS UNTIL SHE TICKED ME OFF ONE TIME

THE DAY SHE ATE MY SHOE

BUT AFTER ALL WAS SAID AND DONE,

SHE WENT TO DOGGY HEAVEN

THAT WAS JUST ABOUT THE TIME

SHE WENT AND TURNED ELEVEN

WE STILL THINK FONDLY OF THAT LITTLE GIRL

THE ONE WITH THE CROOKED NOSE

SHE BROUGHT US PLEASURE SHE WAS SUCH A DELIGHT

A TEAR BRINGS THIS POEM TO A CLOSE

C.K.R.

STARTED 9/20/86

FINISHED 3/23/96