if prairie dogs worked, they'd be buying crocks

if prairie dogs worked, they'd be buying crocks

If prairie dogs worked
all the prairie dogs would be running,
running around in their little prairie dog crocks.
There would be a big, booming prairie dog economy
centered around brightly colored,
anti-microbial, slip-resistant,
prairie dog footwear.

Would there be prairie dog
shoe snobbery?
Would there be less risk
of bubonic plague
with increased prairie dog foot hygiene?
Would there be workers' comp claims
and prairie dog unions
and prairie dog political action committees
that hired prairie dog assistants to get other registered
prairie dog voters to sign petitions
to better the prairie dog lives?

If prairie dogs worked,
would they care if their shoes
were blue or pink or red or black or
any of eleventybillion other colors.
Or would they just be prairie dogs
and do their prairie dog thing?