You stare as he sleeps
plotting your next move
to recapture his place
and the end of the room
where he lays his head
on his soft pillow
jealous of the sound
of his snores, loud they billow

You have learned his habits;
his tricks and his traits,
what gets him alert
and what makes him sedate.
So you wait and you plan
so sinister and cruel
to get that sleeping dog
to wake up and drool

You set your plan in motion
by licking your food bowl
according to the plan
in a move so foul
and he wakes and moves
to see whats for dinner
and when he moves you steal
his bed of pillows, and you're the *winner!