While shopping at the pet store

I got my fondest wish.

I bought myself a fish bowl

and then a pair of fish.

And since I was already

out shopping at the store

I thought I ought to purchase

another smidgen more.

And so I got a rabbit,

a hamster and a frog,

a gerbil and a turtle,

a parrot and a dog.

I purchased an iguana¹,

a tortoise² and a rat,

an eight-foot anaconda,

a monkey and a cat.

A guinea pig, a gecko,

a ferret and a mouse,

and had them all delivered,

directly³ to my house.

My sister went berzerko!

She's now installing⁴ locks,

because I said her bedroom

would be their litter box!