High Maintenance
You thought you’d get yourself a pet,
one that was rather large;
the trouble would be the expense,
the work would be so hard.
You came up with an idea,
a creation you could see,
the fruit of all your labours,
well, you ended up with me.
I don’t need any feeding,
not in the normal sense;
but the bill you get for plant food,
it can be quite immense.
I don’t wake you in the night time
to open up that door,
and even when you’re gone for hours
I don’t mess up your floor.
But when it comes to exercise,
you were oh, so wrong,
for the time it takes to care for me
is really very long.
There’s chopping and there’s trimming,
removing all the dross;
the constant climbing ladders
just leads you to get cross.
You thought you’d found the easy answer
but now you’ve found it’s ‘no’,
taking care of your new ‘pet’
keeps you on the go.
A creature of high maintenance,
that’s just what I do be.
Am I worth the total cost?
You’ll have to wait and see.
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A 10-foot Chia-Pet? A fine poem, Hully!
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Totally picture inspired, Mike. I prefer pets that breathe even though they make demands. Thanks for reading, Mike.
Ha, ha! Lovely Hully and a great take on the pic. Great stuff!
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Thanks, Sue. I was just thinking that it seemed the easy option but then look at all the work that would be involved in keeping it looking that way. Glad you enjoyed it.
Haha very clever, Hully.
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Thanks, jaylisbeth!
Very cute poem Hull...Tom...
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Thanks, Tom!
An amusing poem, Hully. Sometimes our desires and our appetites are bigger than our stamina and our stomachs.
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Exactly! But sometimes what seems the easy option turns out to be so much more work! Thanks so much for reading, Jeff.
Nice read. The humour comes out. The rhyming is there.
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Thanks, John!
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