"Shakey and Snappy; what a pair!
One has a little; one has no hair!"
Shakey has been my friend for quite a long time;
That is why he inspires rhyme.
Shakey once adopted a turtle snapping;
He kept it in his apartment while he was awake and napping.
He followed it around his home like a kid;
It was so small that, often, it hid.
I gave him a note on the day of my common-law wedding;
Which made him happy; it wasn't upsetting.
On that day, I left the short poem in his chair;
Because at the time I came over, he wasn't sitting there.
I'm glad that, sometimes, I can make Shakey smile;
For, he doesn't think he'll be on this Earth for a long while.
Shakey loves children, as well as little pets;
His doting all depends on how inebriated he gets.
I don't care how much he drinks;
Because, he always thinks and thinks.
He is one of the best friends I've ever had;
He reminds me a lot of my Dad.
Shakey will always be in my heart;
Even after the day when, from this world, he will depart.