…my memory wandered back to the summer evenings — not so very long ago, perhaps, if one but adds up the years, but a long, long while ago if one measures Time by feeling… ~Jerome K. Jerome, English writer and humorist, Novel Notes, 1893

You’re
A true
Paradox.
Funny? Oh, yes.
Challenging? For sure.
But life would be diff’rent
Had you not come to stay here
With me five years ago this month.
You’ve cost me money, chewed up your toys,
Thrown up on my rugs, barked at all noises.

But everything can be redeemed, can’t it?
Despite a rough puppyhood, you’ve grown
And become an adult Sheltie
Anyone could be proud of.
I think you’re here to stay!
Happy Gotcha Day
To my Monkey.
I love you,
Silly
Boy!

Note: Poetry form is Double Etheree. Monkey’s Gotcha Day is Feb. 20, 2021 (yes, he’s a Pandemic Puppy!)