Birthday Cards for Dogs and Cats...

PROMPT:
You have just been hired by a major greeting card company to write birthday poems for a new line of canine/feline birthday cards (cards you give to your dogs and/or cats for their birthdays).


Happy Birthday, Fido!

My faithful companion,
My friend to the end,
Today is your birthday.
What card should I send?

One sweet and loving
Or one full of fun?
Both moods would suit you
My fine furry son.

You’ve grown much this past year
From puppy to hound
No longer the scrawny,
Small mutt from the pound.

So here are good wishes
Before your birthday’s passed
…but pee on my carpet
And it WILL be your last!


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Birthday Gift for Kitty-Kat

You’ve brought me gifts throughout the year
And left them lying at my door.
Small birds and rodents, without heads
And messy bits I should adore.

You’ve left fur-balls inside my shoes
And cat “yaks” right beside my bed.
My couch is full of long grey strands
Of lovely cat fur that you’ve shed.

Now, it’s your birthday, Kitty-Cat.
It’s time for gifts to come to you.
I know you’ll purr with great delight
For this bottle of flea-dip shampoo!