My Best Pet Yet

Note: This was written for a poetry prompt. The prompt was "What pet should I get?" written in 20 lines or less.


What Pet should I get, or should I get two?

Should I get a duet, or will one creature do?

And where should I keep it, here under my bed?

And if it won’t fit, then my closet instead?

Should it be furry, or covered in scales?

Something that scurries, or has a long tail?

Something that swims, or something that purrs?

And what should I name him, or should I name her?

And where should I look for this new pet of mine?

Should I look in a book, or go shopping online?

Should I look in a guide? Should I look high and low?

Well when I decide, I will let you all know...

...Well it’s time to report that I got my new pet.

I named him Mort. He’s my finest  pet yet!

I just went in the yard, and I climbed up a tree.

It wasn’t that hard. I just caught me a bee,

in a little glass jar, with some holes in the lid,

and it may seem bizarre, but here’s what I did.

I gave him his name, “Morton J. Bee”,

then I opened the lid, and I let him go free.

RLJ - 2015