We went shopping once

For a family pet

And i kept saying

“Let’s get a Saint Bernard

Let’s get an Irish Wolfhound

Or a Great Dane

Or maybe a real wolf”

And my stepfather said

“Listen Peter and remember this,

Big dogs die young,

They come and they go

And they break your fucking heart,

So no big dogs… never a big dog“

And in the end

We didn’t get anything

Which was usual.