Read books
Pet Chihuahua’s
Look for books
Drink tea
Smell books
Give Chihuahua’s snacks
Talk about books
Eat snacks
Read books
Cuddle with Chihuahua’s
Go to sleep with book in hand
. . . And a Chihuahua by my side, in my lap and at my feet.
Ruth Jewell's poem is a simple list of how the speaker spends a winter day, and that simplicity is the point. Books and Chihuahuas fill almost every line. The speaker reads, looks for, smells, and talks about books, and in between pets the dogs, feeds them snacks, and cuddles them.
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