There was a queer smell in the house and it wasn’t the dog <br />Having provided her with the customary bi weekly bath <br />She smelled only a tad like a hound <br />A suspicious electric air dispersion heater <br />Had been on all night and remained plugged into the living room's wall <br />Other than that there was nothing in the house that was seeming odd <br />Just the smell... <br />Of crab bake or spoiled fish, maybe shrimp or clams <br />Something to do with seafood or piss was my best guess <br />While the dog did her best not to appear the least bit concerned <br />From the choking but non deadly fumes in the room <br />Checking the parrot for signs and symptoms of suffocation <br />He squawked the all clear with the greatest of volume <br />And by now the dog was observed covering her face with her paws <br />The search continued__ <br />My wife is the one with the nose for scandals and their smells <br />She approached it from the empty clothes hamper <br />To the guest room's shower <br />Looking for something damp or wet that had begun to mold <br />Seeming under duress but not being held for further questioning <br />The dog behaving suspiciously was seen leaving the room <br />By removing her shoes my inquisitive wife put on her Sherlock Holmes cap <br />And dug her toes and heels into the carpet's nap <br />Because if there was one thing she knows <br />It is a fact that some women and dogs just can’t hold their water <br />Tiring of the search I grabbed a beer to clean my pallet <br />About to retire to my upstairs office for a go at some storytelling <br />I stepped in a puddle at the top of the stairs <br />Suddenly finding myself flying through the air without the benefit of chute <br />Then landing most soundly with a thump on my rump <br />Spilling not so much as one mere driblet from my bottle <br />I had by accident quite literally discovered <br />The source of the odd and queer odor… <br />And the dog….well she just sighed with her obvious relief __ <br /> <br />2007 © T Sheridan<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-old-dog-named-puddles-that-can-t-hold-her-water/
