Cold Comfort
COLD COMFORT
(A dog's story)
We sit by the window looking in
The rain has soaked us to our skin
We've not much fur and very cold are we
But they look past us seeming not to see
We are their family they sometimes say
Do families treat other members this way?
If they were asked to sit in the rain
They would say "that's completely insane"
They believe animals don't belong indoors
Our paws it seems cause a mess on their floors
Food and grime is on their floor is it not?
But it is spread by their wandering tot
It seems they are victims of falsehood and myth
Holding that animals lives are not of much worth
Why do they think such things to be true
Do we not have red blood and beating hearts too?
All that we ask is their love and affection
There's danger for small souls who need protection
If they should invite us to go inside
We'd show our pleasure and kitty would hide
They'd have newsprint for my wet feet
I would look but since I can't read
I'd give my thanks and upon it I'd pee
Copyright © Elizabeth Smith | Year Posted 2014
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