Just Spit It Out!
A little fun with literally versus figuratively
All right, enough!
I am completely and thoroughly over
Your incessant barking!
Can you shut up, for just once?
And if it’s not that,
It’s constant growling
Over my food choices!
It’s none of your business what I eat!
And no, I won’t share it! Eat your own dinner!
Ahhh, and now the whining starts.
I’m not interested in any of your commentary.
If you have something to say, change your tone,
Till you learn to behave at the dinner table.
…
What do you think you’re doing, sneaking up on me?
No.
No!
NO.
I. SAID. NO.
Back off!
Sit. Down. Don’t you dare-
Aaargh!
Don’t you swallow that! Gimme!
You can’t eat that! You’ll get sick!
Gotcha!
Drop it! Drop it! Drop it right now!
Yeah, didn’t taste good, hunh?
I’m glad you finally spit it out.
Told you. Next time, listen to me.
Ah, who am I kidding…
Good boy, I guess.
Eat your kibble.
Next time you can’t shut your yap,
There’d better be a burglar.
About the Creator
Meredith Harmon
Mix equal parts anthropologist, biologist, geologist, and artisan, stir and heat in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, sprinkle with a heaping pile of odd life experiences. Half-baked.
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