               ... Or Mineral


Pet rocks are OK
But some people prefer more variety.
The guy upstairs from he
Has a 1947 Chevrolet engine block:
I think his apartment is too small for it
But there it is.
And the family down the street
With the goldfish pond in the yard
Has an old ship's anchor
To keep the fish company.

But of all the inorganic pets in the neighborhood,
The happiest is an old beer can
Belonging to a small boy.
It would never win a prize at a show:
Too many dents
And spots of rust
And paint flaking off.
And besides, it a brand of beer
Most people don't like.
But that doesn't really matter.
What matters is FUN
Like afternoons when they go for a walk:
The can leaps joyously ahead
CLATTERDY RATTLDEY CLANG BANG!!    
Then lies quietly waiting for its master to catch up
Before leaping ahead again.
I may get a beer can myself some day. 

But I still don't think it's right
To keep a 1947 Chevrolet engine block
Cooped up in such a small apartment.

                                        Thomas G. Digby
                                        written 1730 hr  2/07/76
                                        entered 2045 hr  3/29/92
                                        format  13:36 12/22/2001
