An Adi Poem for Weekly Scribbling

Early Bird Gets the Worm;
but there's another inching 
around the corner 

When they first married
'Twas her alarm they had
She'd set it every day
for them to rise and feed

Dog goes out then she eats
Was Pebble's new routine
Gone days of puppyhood
When HE came closet HERS

Nobody said a word
Just the way it worked out

Saved and saved bought a house
Responded suburb's call
The clock moved to his side
He had to learn the role
Pebbles went with the flow

Nobody said a word
Just the way it worked

One sad day Pebbles died
"Won't get a dog again"
But Daughter had come
"No place for our new pup"

Adi learned the routine
Lights off closet for her
Alarm sounds you go out
In and eat, play day's here

Nobody said a word
Just the way it worked

Seems one day the world changed
Doggy door for Adi
Come and go as she please
In, eat, computer fed

Digital take over
Alarm clock no more, tossed
Smart phones now, his and hers
Each sets his own alarm

Nobody said a word
Just the way it worked

They all adapted well
Retirement had come
Each day is Saturday
Sleep in except Sundays

Alarms are never set
Adi's out when she needs
When we wake, eat and play
Sleep in but not Sunday

Nobody said a word
Just the way it worked 

What comes next?
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 - Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2012 and 2020, All Rights Reserved
 - I am linked with Rommy at Weekly Scribbles,  https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-scribblings-10-early-bird-or.html?m=1

 - This is mostly true although condensed.  Adi and I were a registered Pet Therapy Team.  She has since retired (link).  So have we all.