Dumb Dick *yes, that was his nickname*

"where 'ya goin', with my dog!"
i demanded to know,
as he tromped off into the forest,
shotgun slung over shoulder;

then fed me a line of shit, to my
face, about some little old
lady who lived all alone in
snowy wild woods of Alaska,
and needed a pet for company.

i was hip to the witch
in the woods, and i was sure
she would eat our little dog,
as eagerly as she had
Hansel and Gretel.

was I relieved
when Mother & i
left on the big jet
back to Grandma's house,
the very next day.

man shoots my dog,
and feeds him to
the witch,
i'd leave him too -

i knew that, before i
was 5.

after that, Grandpa
took to naming his
dogs Ricky Dick.

~Sabrina