One True Friend Poem by Eloida Capuno

my one true friend is a canine
squeezed a few thousand pesos
from my tight budget just
to have him around

with pleading big round eyes
at the sight of me he jumps
and licks my feet like i'm a queen
from some kingdom come

he sleeps with me and scratch my bed
rips my pillows, breaks my eyeglasses
and urinates right where i work
on some nights when i slave it off

the sweet little thing eats only
when i feed him by hand
and gets crazy when strangers
comes hovering around

oh but for all the jerk that he was
he is the only true friend i have
he guards as i sleep and will fight
for his master with paws and fangs