DARLING MINDY
KEVIN BOUGHT A LITTLE DOG.
A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO,
SHE WAS THE MOST ADORABLE PET,
THIS WE ALL DID KNOW.
SHE NEVER LEFT HER MASTERS SIDE,
SHE LOVED HIM AS HER DAD,
AND HE LOVED HER AS HIS OWN CHILD,
THE BEST FRIEND HE EVER HAD.
SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERY WORD,
THAT KEVIN HAD TO SAY,
AND WHEN HE GAVE AN ORDER,
AT ONCE SHE DID OBEY.
WHEN THEY'D COME HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT,
SHE'D ALWAYS GO AHEAD,
IN TO THE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE,
IT WAS SAFE TO GO TO BED.
SHE WOULD GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM,
CHECKING EACH ONE OUT,
SHE DID THIS TO LET HIM KNOW,
THAT NO-ONE WAS ABOUT,
IF HE WAS GOING ON A TRIP,
SHE WOULDN'T MAKE A FUSS,
BUT SOMEHOW MINDY WOULD KNOW,
AND BE FIRST INTO THE BUS.
SHE'D JUMP UP INTO HER BED,
THAT'S WHERE SHE'D BE FOR SURE
TO BE CERTAIN SHE WAS THERE,
WHEN KEVIN CLOSED THE DOOR.
NOT THAT HE WOULD EVER GO.
AND LEAVE HIS MINDY HOME,
FOR SHE WENT EVERYWHERE WITH HIM.
THE COUNTRY THEY DID ROAM.
AND EVEN WHEN THE PHONE WOULD RING
IF KEVIN WASNT NEAR.
SHE'D HAVE A SPECIAL BARK FOR THAT,
IN CASE HE DIDN'T HEAR.
SHE ALSO KEPT AN EYE ON HIM;
THE TIMES HE WASN'T WELL,
AND ANY TIME THAT HE FELT DOWN,
SHE COULD ALWAYS TELL.
IT WAS HER LOVING INSTINCT,
FOR SHE ALONE KNEW HOW,
SHE WOULD LAY DOWN BY HIS SIDE,
AND LICK HIS SWEATING BROW.
Written By Kevin's Sister Dulc.