By Tara Holland
Date: 5 April 2001
The Dog and the Frog
There was this dog
I like to think
he liked to think of himself
as 'Rex'
and he was gentle
and soft
and black
and he barked
like dogs do
and one day
he found this frog
in his yard
because he lived
by a creek
and soon enough he saw
that jumping frogs
were exciting
as we all know
jumping frogs are
and his head bobbed up
and bobbed down
as he watched the frog
soon enough the frog
got a bit tired
and sat still for
a second
so Rex nudged the frog
with his nose
and the frog jumped
and Rex followed
and nudged
and bounce
went the frog
and Rex barked
and Rex pounced
ever so lightly upon
the frog
and the frog bounced
D: nudge
F: bounce
D: bark
D: pounce
F: bounce
D: nudge
F: bounce
D: bark
D: pounce
F: bounce
I like to think Rex
liked to think
this was fun
simple
gentle
fun
frog started to slow down
his bounces got slower
and lower
Rex would cock
his black head
and nudge the slow frog
Rex nudged the low frog
then after all this
the frog stopped
just stopped dead
Rex nudged
and pounced
and barked and barked and barked
the way he tilted his head
was sad
but the frog just wouldn't move
so Rex gently
softly
like Rex is
picked it up in his
slobberdogmouth
tossed his head
and let go
the frog
flew
and landed
and didn't move
so Rex barked
and nudged
and still that
slow, low, stopped frog
didn't move
Rex took it up in his mouth
again
and tossed
and the frog was
airborne again
grounded again
over and over
still dead
that frog was
I like to think
Rex liked to think
that frog
played dead
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