The Shadow's Nose
Or
My Pumpkin Mud Pie
By Albert Henderson
December 4, 2009
Twas the month before Christmas in our house where it’s at
All the creatures were stirring,
Even our cat
Looking forward to Thanksgiving with all that food
The ‘fridge and freezer all full; our family in a good mood
The Shadow of Innocence
Little did we know that Shadow, our pet,
Planned her own Thanksgiving meal
More than we planned for her to get
Opened the freezer did she
Helped herself to Pork Chops free
Not to be left hungry was she, what else did she get?
At least one large frozen meat cutlet
This outside dog that inside came
When Ike destroyed our fence
Outside pet gained inside fame
Inside our house she does now stay
She wants no part of the “outside” way
The key was lost for our freezer old
How could we know that our dog, Shadow
Could be so bold
That key was found, our freezer locked tight as a drum
Now Shadow could get nary a crumb
At least we thought our freezer secure
Sitting in our garage,
Several pork chops fewer
Even an inside dog must outside go
To take care the call of daily duty,
But soon we found her buried booty
What we found was revealing of course
Shadow had for future use buried her hidden meat source
Not hungry at her regular meal
Led us to believe she had something to conceal
Oh but we did, out fox that old hound
She could not open that freezer now that the lock was found
Never say never; Shadow was clever
Her method of opening the ‘fridge was even better
That night I heard a shriek and sprang to see what was the matter
I found Pat’s yogurt all a-splatter
That dog had now found
She could open that fridge with no lock around
Today Pat alerted me that Shadow was in the bushes hiding out
Better check to see what it was all about
Did she get in the freezer again?
No, its has a lock
Maybe I’d better check
Are we missing any fridge stock
Lo and behold and Jiminy Criminey Christmas
MY PUMPKIN PIE!! NOT MY PIE!!
OH NO, ONLY 3 PIECES HAD eaten I
No wonder that dog hunger lacked last night
My pumpkin pie became part of her diet!!
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That dog has been in trouble before
But this is the last straw
She got my pie opening that door
Outside in the flower bed under the window I found
The entire pumpkin pie (minus 3 pieces) so round
Buried box and all
This wolf had hidden her booty for
Later recall
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Does anyone want a wolf in dog’s clothes?
How did she open the freezer and fridge door?
Only THE SHADOW’S NOSE!!
