MA put my Penny-Dog Safe on the shelf, An' left no one home but him, Me an' myself; So I clumbed a big chair I pushed to the wall -- But the Toy Penny-Dog Ain't there at all! I went back to Dolly -- An' @3she@1 'uz gone too, An' little Switch 'uz layin' there; -- An' Ma says @3"Boo!"@1 -- An' there she wuz a-peepin' Through the front-room door: An' I ain't goin' to be a bad Little girl no more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE'S CALENDAR by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PRAYER IN THE TRENCHES by BRENT DOW ALLINSON THE KNIGHTS: DEMOS AND HIS FLATTERER by ARISTOPHANES TO A MAID OF THIRTEEN by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER PROLOGUE. INTENDED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF KING EDWARD THE FOURTH by WILLIAM BLAKE PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN by BERTON BRALEY |