Chip-Uh

His once smooth
black and white coat,
his noble proboscis,
were not accountable with his
current emaciated
pride.

No,
too many Kibbles and Bits
means
more chins than necessary
and
gray consumes the black hairs

in an eventful battle
about his nose.

Youth falls through
chewed, tired paws.

that s t r e t c h out
before his
corpulent body

embracing the heat of
an electric fireplace.