Breeding


Brand new puppies in row
Only know one place to go.
Close to that shape so like their own
Smelling of nectar, warmth and home.

Puppies opening their eyes
View the world in slow surprise
Such light! and with their gums they try
The taste of everything they eye.

Puppies learning to lap
Don't want to feed, they'd rather nap
Feet in the bowl he snorts and blows
Then licks it off another's nose.

Puppies run on fat new feet
Admire their toes and lose the beat,
Sit down, consider, then slowly creep
To join the piles of pups asleep.

Brand new teeth in puppies jaws
Everything he nips and gnaws
Where'er he looks he pokes his nose
And see how visibly he grows!

Puppies ready to be sold
Not too young and not too old
May their owners see my care
And take them in, their hearts to share.

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