Spirit Dog

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The Spirit Dog takes to the sky​

because his owners have let him die​

they chained him out​

in heat and cold​

with no shade or blanket​

should this be told ?​

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If he spilled his water by accident​

they did not care​

where the liquid went​

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"Bad dog" was all they said to him​

his chance for life​

was set to "slim"​

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They drove away ​

in a big old truck​

they left him there​

completely stuck​

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His thirsty tongue ​

licked morning dew​

he bought some time​

well..wouldn't you ?​

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The heat increased ​

as the day went on​

mosquitoes bit​

from dusk till dawn​

He whined and cried ​

for his old mama dog​

he laid next to the rotted log​

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His lungs then rattled​

and his heartbeat stopped​

then his soul began to fly​

he fell into an angels arms​

hovering in the sky​

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She pointed to his Hell below ​

and whispered into his ear​

"Spirit Dog we welcome you​

no more from Earth to fear"​

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They headed off to Sirius​

and he became a canine Clown​

he forgot about the pain gone by​

and his bleached bones on the ground​

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C October 13 2004 Desert Stargazer​

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aww this poem made me cry ...almost. very sad. poor dog very effective writing desert stargazer

 

very sad, even more so because stuff like that actually happens i felt some of the rhyming was a bit forced, but otherwise its brilliantly emotive

 

Thank you. I wrote it one rainy day when I looked out the window to an empty doghouse. I have never understood why many humans cannot see the direct relationship to misery in our own lives by the way we treat other living things.

 

It made me cry. That means it must be good.