Terry D. Sutherland

ERNEST

I look at the clock, it’s quarter past nine
It’s a two cookie morning for this dog of mine
Ernest loves cookies shaped like a bone
He can’t eat just one, can’t leave ‘em alone

It’s a two cookie morning ‘most every day
Before Ernest the Schnauzer goes out to play
Red ones and green ones and brown ones too
If the dog could see color he’d choose the blue

Just leave the bag he seems to say
I’ll choose the cookies I want today
Sorry dog, as I take the sack
Tomorrow, you get your cookies back

I look at the clock, it’s quarter past nine
It’s a two cookie morning for this dog of mine
If the dog could see color; I know what he’d do
Head bury the green ones and eat all the blue