Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Santa Came Through

A Christmas I'll never forget

Came the year I was three years old.

Summer we'd lost the fam'ly pet,

Mike died, a Labrador so gold.

Mommy and Daddy were both sad.

They'd had Mike long before I came.

Of course I knew they both were glad

When my first word said was Mike's name.

When asked for Christmas what I'd like

I said maybe Santa Claus could

Bring us a reminder of Mike,

Such a present would be so good.

The best present ever could be,

A puppy for my family.