I Want You to Pet Me - A Poem

[With apologies to Cheap Trick]

I want you to pet me.
I need you to scratch me.
I’d love you to hug me.
I’m begging you, don’t bathe me!

I want you to hold me.
Don’t want you to scold me.
I promise you I’ll be good ...

Sadden up both of my eyes,
Limber up tail and knee.
Looking all cute and spry
Just to get you to pet me.

Haven’t you, haven’t you, haven’t you seen me wagging?
Wasn’t I, wasn’t I, wasn’t I zig- and zagging?
Take me home with you and you’ll set to bragging.
Now haven’t you, haven’t you, haven’t you seen me wagging?

I want you to pet me.
I need you to feed me.
I’d love you to walk me.
I’m begging you, don’t leave me!

Tugging on this rope bone,
Glad that I’m not alone.
Put a lick on your hand
Just to get you to pet me.

Didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I, see you smiling? (Smiling, smiling, smiling)
When you saw, when you saw, when you saw me a-guiling? (Guiling, guiling, guiling)
Then you pulled out your cell and started dialing.
Oh didn’t I , didn’t I, didn’t I hear you sighing? (Sighing, sighing, sighing).

Think about a home with you and I start bouncing.
Didn’t you, didn’t you, didn’t you start to flouncing?

I got you to pet me!
I got you to scratch me!
I got you to hug me!
Don’t mind if you bathe me!

You got me to go home!
You got me to go home!
You got me to go home!
You got me to go home!

[Good night, Budokan! Beagle Queen loves you!]