Challenge Accepted

Julie recently posted a challenge on her blog, inviting her readers to write something around the line "I will keep the cats and dogs." The following is my humble offering:

Perfect World

I will keep the cats and dogs
The almost-humans we adore
I will keep the horses strong
And camels, I’ll take even more

I will keep the parrots bright
The hippos with their wiggly ears
I will take the tall giraffes
The lions that inspire fears

I will take the lowing cow
The wily goat, the wooly sheep
The clucking birds and cooing doves
All creatures that our bellys reap

I will take the snorting swine
Though we can’t eat their fatty meat
I wonder if soon, down the line
Ham & pork chops will be treats.

But I won’t take the scaly ilk
With tongues that flicker in and out
Not the jumping, crawling bugs
Or rodents that creep all about

I won’t take the slimy snake
The flying bat, the gnawing flea
I won’t take the aardvark strange
In some odd way it bothers me.

I won’t take hyenas loud
The whining, howling creatures too
I won’t take the smelly ones
That’s too much work for me to do.

And God said,

“Noah. I said take them all.”

“Fine! You explain it to my wife, then.”

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Thank you. Thank you very much. No pictures please.

=)

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