A boy and his dog

by CD Richards

I really wish I had a younger sis,
just one cadette could make my childhood fun.
Someone to share my secrets and my toys;
play games with in the rain and in the sun.

But I was born to be an only child,
my parents found they had to stop at one.
Dad said the Lord above had smashed the mould
the moment that he saw what he had done.

And so, there is no little sis for me;
but luckily I have my Whiskey pup.
We'll run and jump, and she'll be my best friend—
I'll worry about girls when I'm grown up.

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N.B. UK English spelling of "mould" used.

Today's word:

cadette (n.) a daughter or younger sister.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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