grateful in Words that Rhyme

It’s right down the side walk
by the side of the road
the loveliest home
of Mr. Frog and a Toad
the birds like it too
as a place for a drink
they seem unconcerned
with the taste or the stink
when it rains it gets better
when it’s dry it’s a moor
the flies are obnoxious
bite you right to the core
hardly a place
to go for a swim
surely it’s bath time
if you stumble right in
a place for the rainwater
to go on its way
throw in a roadkill
in the heat of the day
but we would flood all our homes
without the son of a bitch
so I have to be grateful
for the neighborhood ditch