Member-only story
Stray Dogs, Belong…or What
“Stray” dogs roaming our neighborhoods.
Eating out the cans: breeding when they can
Manage to drive-off cutesy-‘necklaced’ pets.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To whom did they once belong?
Tattered ears, with ragged coats and oddly bent tails.
— Quick-eyed and suspicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Where were they way-back when?
Growing up loved and bright;
Well fed and hyped, in each hip neighborhood.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scattered all through our alleyways
None were native Wild Dogs of course,
Shipped-over under cover of night.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like ‘shiftless’ folks in quaint home towns,
Litters of pups who once upon their time
Belonged to loving Parents.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One can wonder what had happened, to
These young precious lives…and then begin
To calculate what will become in time?
