I'm the owner of one stick insect
probably the baddest of all Spain
seemed like he was a reject
let me try hard to explain.
I bought him one day out walking
I was going nowhere fast
just taking in air not talking
a cute little knick knacks shop
I happened to walk past
up there in the big shop window
was the thing that made me stop
a long skinny thing ¡qué lindo!
I had to have him for my own
I boldly stepped into the establishment
declared my good intention
"I want that stick insect badly"
"I hope three cents is sufficient"
The shop keeper winced
when she heard my words
I'm sure she was convinced
that the bicho was worth four, absurd
I really had no money
we doggies rarely do
but I was in luck that day funny
a small child lost his pennies
on being taken to the zoo
this find I had just made
with this cash I was flush
"we must find a way to trade"
I declared, this puppy slush.
give me my bicho, please rush
The shopkeeper thought
for a long few seconds or more
cognition hard she sought
"his feed costs a score
and his use by date is yore"
"done deal my good fellow"
she took the 3 cents off me
"all yours now" she declared
removing the sticker yellow
now vacate with your purchase quickly
and take all his bikes and that chello
so this is the story
of the bicho palo
the man the authorities
called so malo
for something that he never did
thrown in a shop window
but one time he
could have been
champion
of the world
although
Dylan never came to know
anything of him even so
it would have been a story
worthy of a stanza
at the very least
in a song about
the very beast
it came to be
that the feast
was cancelled
after first
being only postponed
for one week.
This is end my beautiful friends
a simple tale, and now it ends
The bicho and I were the best of friends
for his previous life I made amends
and when I was called his heart it rends
his will to live didn't snap but it twists and it bends
and towards chaos his life she trends
to make for good stories his life it lends
as the easy way out is what off he fends
this is entry for @hopehuggs runaway rhymes week 10 theme "a rhyming poem about life seen from any animals point of view."
I based my idea on a song my wife used to sing about my (@spaingaroo) relationship with my owner, the little Australian Terrier Eni, (RIP) seen in all these photos.
It was in Spanish of course, and started with the stanza,
soy propietario de un bicho
el mas malo de Madrid
lo compré un día de paseo
que no tenía dónde ir
lol
I am afraid I can't remember the rest, but the three cents comes from there too.
If you want to see my other (winning) entry in this comp, this is it
and if you open my blogs at random, they'll all be worth it.
try this one
I have played with including a little story in each post about my reality here with all the mouths to feed.
How about another gif instead.
I might well write a post and then start linking it
That sounds better
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maybe this is common place,
tomorrow.
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I knew it was coming but it still didn't soften the blow.
I bet your pupper is skittering along right beside you every day spaingaroo.
Lovely poem and lovely story thanks for sharing. <3
thanks Sammy, I had to give him his dues, and he's now there in my garden, pushing up my aloe vera.
As you know, he has been replaced by thirty five others.
But never a day goes by that I don't think of him.
He started with me in Australia, and came to Spain with me.
13 years together, and now I am sobbing.
big hugs my man
Big hugs mate
You will never forget the woofer, he will always pitter patter alongside. <3
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you are too funny spainga. love the dog looking into a vortex.
keep it up man. yer epic!
thanks my good friend @inquiringtimes.
I have so many fotos of that doggy, literally tens of thousands.
I assume he remains the most photographed dog in history.
Because Lassie was a heap of dogs, like most of the famous ones
lol
<3 cute <3 Upvote friend. Ya te sigo y votado.
thanks mate,
:)
parece que te vaya muy bien el experimento con la cuenta en inglés.
enhorabuena.
¿has notado que alguno de tus seguidores te han seguido hasta el lado oscuro, que es el steemit?
Oh I loved reading this and looking at the pictures. Lovely story throughout. Cheers. :)
thanks @johleen, I hope to entertain with my works and appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I haven't been around your blog for ages, so will do a drive by now.
Cool! Yes, there are so many posts to read all the time it's hard to keep up! Cheers!
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Bonito poema para una preciosa historia.
La verdad es que viendo las fotos y leyendo el poema, se me encogía el corazón.
Eni era y es parte de ti.
Un beso.
si, lo que siempre pienso es que ya es libre, y ahora para el no hay peligro de los coches.
Yo quiero un mundo donde los perros aplastan a los coches
Awe. That was beautiful.
Thank you for sharing <3
thanks @arbitrarykitten
Eni was a pretty special owner, and I will never be anyone else's the same way.
My current crop of would be owners, don't know how to do more than steal my heart away, but they don't own me proper
lol
there's too many of them anyway to own a stick insect together. They would just bicker, as they often do.
lol
LOL!
That's a really great piece of work buddy.
Thanks @tremendospercy that means a lot coming from you, as I know you are a man of grace and style, and know a good post when you see one.
I just left a comment on that vaccines post you commented on the other day.
What I haven't seen yet, are your latest posts.
going now while I eat my lunch
Enjoy dude, thanks for the kind words.
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STOPNice and fun story, really cute dog:-) Nice rhyme, I'm not good at writing like this myself, it's really amusing to read yours!
Oh those eyes. How could you resist? Love the image of Eni flying into the vortex of golden yellow especially. Your writing and images are so heart stirring. Visiting from you being @johleen's hero at the moment. 🦋
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thanks again @gaman you da man