A Day In the Life of a Stray Dog
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STRAY DOG
He licked the small cute lover goodbye
while friends waited in scattered packs
he wanted to hunt a rabbit for a change
but in vain he wasted his hours sniffing
cursing men who devoured them clean.
he ran for morsels at back yard of a rich
already late, he feared of a hungry sleep
for he knows these cruel times of war
alas! he was late as he missed that too
children of men were faster than him.
He cursed again, men of little hearts
he made a turn for the butcher's yard
where a bone or two may fill his guts
But bad luck haunted him, here as well
the bones were gone, carted away
to a nearby factory , making manure.
He snarled and took to his four in hurry
remembered he, his hidden reserve
hidden under the dust in a near by farm
While sniffing ground to find spot he hid
a stone at the back scattered his dreams
And saw the farmers son with a load.
Licking his back he cursed cruel men
in a rage wanted to rush to the cemetery
He would find at least a piece of a skull.
There all his hunger crashed on a scene
there was a tear gushing from his eyes
flowing thru the chin as silently howled.
Weeping women ,kids all there in black
burying their dead all game in this war
he growled way back ,thought of sleep
but hunger made him very tough to nap.
Sprinted he to his lover for a silent sob
But luck never favoured him this day,
Afar what he saw splintered his heart.
His love ornamental on master's leash
the party is on for a war they just won
the men in uniforms all lined to secure
stray dogs not allowed, sentry was stern.
He took to his heels for a timeless run
Sadly howling for the day he was born
He snarled for his birth in human world
they kill, cry and celebrate all that well.
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