Muttley Crue…

A life preserver Rufuz does wear,

When we are sailing out there,

Because he is my only muttley crue,

He is very noticeably new,

At sailing on the ocean so blue,

Cringing at waves, & barking only on cue…

But still he protects me no end,

Trying to act like a Doberman,

He also protects the boat herself,

His devotion to his duty is selfless…

His only gripe it seems,

Is his new “swim wear”, so bright, so yellow,

He feels it is too female, he being a fellow,

But I tell him it is for his own good,

For yellow is easier to see if in the water he should,

Fall or the boat goes down, I can see him and he can float,

So for now he is living with his new garb,

After uttering a few chosen verbal barbs…

            © ed – 3/7/04