Can we have a pet? by Eleanor Brown

Can we have a pet please? A pet please? A pet please?
Can we have a pet please? Anything will do.

Can we have a black cat? A fat cat? A wombat?
A spider or a tiger or a jumpy kangaroo?

Can we have a long dog? A small dog? A mad dog?
A puppy or a guppy or a cock-a-doodle-doo?

Can we have a pet please? A pet please? A pet please?
Can we have a pet please? Anything will do.

Can we have a big pig? A pink pig? A guinea pig?
A monkey or a donkey or a pretty cockatoo?

Can we have a dormouse? A field mouse? A woodlouse?
A lizard or a buzzard or an owl toowit-towoo?

Can we have a pet please? A pet please? A pet please?
Can we have a pet please? Anything will do.

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Eleanor Brown loved writing poetry as a child and now enjoys writing poems for others to enjoy. She is a doctor by day, working to help children with developmental difficulties. Eleanor has had poems published by The Dirigible Balloon. She lives in Norfolk and relishes daily adventures with her own nine-year old son, husband and goofy greyhound.