My Deadbeat Husband

Illustration of a kangaroo ready to leave her home as her husband the dog watches TV.

Barbara Pollard

Watchdawg wouldn’t look for a job. He wouldn’t do nothin’. He wouldn’t create anything, he wouldn’t produce nothin’. He had no intentions, no ambition whatsoever.

He thought he could just sit there and watch. His responsibility was to let his wife, Kangaroo, do all the work, pay all the bills, feed him and wash the clothes.

All he would do is watch TV.

And he was cool with that. Until one day, his wife the kangaroo said “hey, what’s goin’ on.”

“You know I’m a Watchdawg,.”

And that’s when Kangaroo hopped and got another place to stay.

 


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