Love Poem: My Childhood Dogs
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Written by: Fritz Purdum

My Childhood Dogs

She watches me grow till she got old
and before I turned five
Our family dog Sheba died
I keep her memory inside
and dream of how we played
slept under the Elm for shade
Distant it now seems
she still wanders in my dreams
How she licked my face with her big kiss
giggles and barks always amiss
Her big fluffy ears and long curved tail
Her joyful bark like a happy yell
She was my first childhood pal
Even at five I cried and cried
Under the Elm, she was laid to rest
Then Zero became our puppy pest

Zero was small, not tall
with a stubby tail and short legs
And was as messy as a baby pig
He chewed what he wasn't supposed to chew
and yelped and whined so it made you blue
But he had big sorrowful eyes
that melted your heart as you realized
This puppy Zero was my new friend
through boyhood years I cherished him
In sadness, he was a comfort to me
In joy my laughter he got out of me
He followed me as I rode my bike
cuddle next to me to sleep at night
Played fetch like it would never go out of style
Swing him around in the air as he bit on a towel
Girls liked him with his sad eyes and cute face
He kept chasing me even though I never lost a race
After I went college bound
In my bed, dead was Zero my parents found
I came back to bury him
The best of the best my little friend

Other dogs I have owned and they made me smile
But there is nothing like the bond between a dog and a child.