Showing posts with label Pekinese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pekinese. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2024

The Pekinese

The Pekinese

A-R-IS-TO-CRAT-IC,
I am, yes,
Mark well my look
Of haughtiness. 

With half a glance
It's plain to see
The high degree
Of my most royal 
Pedigree.

By Emperor and Mandarin,
By pampered ladies
Of the court
I am always sought.

Long and drooping
Silken hair;
Tail a plume of
Beauty rare.

Beauty, softness,
Wisdom, class;
All of these
Are qualities 
Of me, a Pekinese.

But let us see-
Yes, after all
A child will call
Me just a doggie
Like the others-
My own blood brothers.