{"id":118428,"date":"2022-06-26T00:28:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T04:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=118428"},"modified":"2022-06-26T00:28:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T04:28:55","slug":"118428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/118428\/","title":{"rendered":"DogSpeak #15  Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #15 Why<\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we leave<br \/>\nthe fridge door open?<br \/>\nAll the good stuff is<br \/>\nin there but we can\u2019t get it,<br \/>\nfor you of course,<br \/>\nwith the door closed.<\/p>\n<p>Why isn\u2019t there a bed<br \/>\nbigger than king?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s too small for all of us<br \/>\nand you refuse to sleep<br \/>\non the couch. We want you<br \/>\nto be comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we eat<br \/>\nwith you at the table?<br \/>\nWe\u2019re polite, won\u2019t burp<br \/>\nor steal food off your plate<br \/>\nand there\u2019ll be no leftovers.<\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t we have our own couch?<br \/>\nYou could make the living room<br \/>\nbigger; after all, it\u2019s where we live<br \/>\nso it should fit our fur-niture, too.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we chase cars and bikes?<br \/>\nWe can\u2019t drive them so it seems<br \/>\nlike a dumb idea. Oh yeah,<br \/>\nyou did tell us not to.<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t you like<br \/>\nanswering our questions?<br \/>\nWe\u2019re inquisitive, curious,<br \/>\nour inquiring canine minds<br \/>\nwant to know everything.<\/p>\n<p>Why do squirrels<br \/>\nhate us? What did we do<br \/>\nto annoy them&#8230; other than chase<br \/>\nthem up trees, across fences,<br \/>\nand watch as they skitter across<br \/>\npower lines. <em>Zapp!<\/em><br \/>\nNever mind.<\/p>\n<p>~ J R Turek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #15 Why Why can\u2019t we leave the fridge door open? All the good stuff is in there but we can\u2019t get it, for you of course, with the door closed. Why isn\u2019t there a bed bigger than king? It\u2019s too small for all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118446,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118428\/revisions\/118446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}