Madness Is Desire

The pet obsesses
Over a button
It drools to chew on.

Push it away, pull
It off, shove it down,
It comes right back up

To chew that button,
That plain shirt button,
Just that one button.

Even for a pet,
A sedentary,
Overfed housepet,

There are other things
To worry about
Besides chewing off

One particular
Button on a shirt.
It craves that button.