This has been published in Humane Society Calendar

        ABANDONED

 

If you see me standing by the road

Looking frightened and alone

My master took me for a ride

And dumped me far from home

 

He’d said he really wanted me

And spoke of future care

He couldn’t wait to take me home

And I was happy there

 

I really love his family

We all had so much fun

Romping around his great big yard

And playing in the sun

 

At night I’d settle near his feet

Snuggling on my rug

And when the children went to bed

I’d get a loving hug

 

He laughed at all my antics

And even taught me tricks

He scratched my ears and tummy

And had me chasing sticks

 

I tried so hard to please him

Obeying his command

So why he doesn’t want me

Is hard to understand

 

He surely knew I’d shed at times

And might get in his way

That I’d need some food and water

And exercise each day

 

My life is sad and painful now

Since being dumped out here

And I’m so thin and hungry

That I’ll die soon, I fear

 

I found some friends like myself

Their owners dumped them, too

We shared some garbage as a meal

Back a mile or two

 

One tried to cross the highway

To get a quenching drink

And was hit by a semi-truck

‘Twas over in a wink

                       

The other one is also gone

You should have heard him whine

As he slowly mourned himself to death

Poor old friend of mine

 

I hope I do not die as they

But it may well be so

For I’m hungry, cold, and thirsty

And have no place to go

 

I need someone to love me

I really don’t ask much

Just a little food and water

And a warm loving touch

 

But, here I stand, watching cars

As I weep with silent plea

That my master has a change of heart

And will return for me

 

6/23/84          Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck

 

3’rd …. Arkansas NPD 1990

                 

Printed on the Arkansas Humane Society Calendar

            for the year 1993

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