Here I am.... it's 5 AM!
(I should be "sawin' Logs")........
But I can't sleep, because I've been
EVICTED, by my DOG!!!

I crawled in bed 6 hours ago,
determined I would sleep,
but then, my puppy barked, "Oh, NO!!!....
get up and WALK me, creep"!

Insulted by my puny pup!
What HAS the world come to ?!?
Alas, to walk him, I got UP.....
(What else was I to do)??

When to the bed I did return,
I thought, "I'll slumber now"!
But pupster said, "WHEN will you learn!!
It's time to have a ROW"!!

..and so, he woke the pussycat....
they had a merry chase....
across the bed, they bounced and spat....
and had a rousing race!

About the bedroom, round and round,
my frenzied pets went dashing....
the knick-knacks on the sill came down,
venetian blinds a-crashing!

A hurricane of tail and claw,
of "hiss" and "yip" and "yark",
I, getting grumpy, tossed my feather pillow
......in the dark.......

..And THEN, the sheets, and blanket flew!!!
All tangled, off the bed!
I scowled at them, and said, "I'm Through"!!
"That's what we HOPED"!, they said!

With smug expressions on each face,
they seemed to "snicker" there,
as, grumbling, I gave up my place.....
"I'm sleeping IN THE CHAIR"!!

"Hooray"!! (Quoth they)......
"We ran you out"....
the evil creatures said....
"We'll see you when the sun comes up.....
we'd like our eggs in BED"!

So hear I sit , in misery,
no place to lay my head.....
my pets have quite successfully
EVICTED me from bed!!