Karl Reichert, Austrian
Rex Was So Excited To Find a Copy of “The Call of the Wild,” He Totally Forgot About the No Opposable Thumbs Thing, 1915
Oil on panel
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (if truncated, can be read in full for free on Fridays), and here , perhaps in addition to what's in his Google translated German Wikipedia page.
/// Since the dog isn’t pure-blood, but mixed,
his cruel mistress thought breeding was nixed.
But it’s callous as heck
that she’d hang round his neck
what was cut off when doggie was fixed.
// The aroma of books can’t be beat.
New or old, an olfactory treat.
And yet Liebling, the hound,
seeks out smells more profound
from the wooden chair’s seldom cleaned seat.
/// A companion when lonely at night;
loyal friendship in shades black and white.
It can brighten the home.
Is it canine or tome?
Those descriptions for both are just right.
/// Liebling, “Family’s Darling” has grace,
and a sweetly adorable face.
His mere presence made glad
the clan’s Mom and their Dad.
(But the children resent second place.)
/// “Teacher asked for our homework— I’m next.
But I can’t hand it in, and I’m vexed.
The dog didn’t eat it;
I couldn’t complete it.
Because, what Liebling ate was my text.”
/// There’s a reason, if I’m not mistaken,
why that dog, though not moving, is shaken.
He was trained to obey
master’s order to “stay,”
but that bookmark is made out of bacon.