IN A PET SHOP WINDOW,
WAS A LOVELY LITTER OF PUPS,
WHO WATCHED EACH DAY AT PASSERBYS,
BUT NEVER WOULD GIVE UP....
THEY WOULD WAG THEIR TAILS,
AND JUMP AND PLAY, WITH YIPS IN OVERTONES,
IN THE HOPE THAT SOMEDAY,
SOME ONE WOULD TAKE THEM HOME....
THEY HEARD THAT IT WAS GREAT,
TO BE LOVED BY A CHILD,
AND TO HAVE A HUMAN CARE FOR THEM,
WOULD MAKE THEIR TAILS WAG WILD....
ONE DAY A LITTLE GIRL,
CAME IN THE SHOP AND THEN,
SHE BEGGED MOMMY TO BUY HER ONE,
AND PROMISED TO ATTEND....
TO ALL HIS DAILY NEEDS,
TO FEED HIM AND LOVE HIM EACH DAY,
I WILL TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF HIM,
THE PUP HEARD HER SAY....
THE SHOP KEEPER PICKED HIM UP,
AND GAVE HIM TO THE GIRL,
I'M GOING TO NAME HIM LUCKY,
AND LOVE HIM FOR ALL THE WORLD....
HE WAS SO VERY HAPPY,
AT LEAST AT FIRST IT WAS FUN,
SHE BATHED HIM AND PLAYED WITH HIM,
UNTIL THE SETTING SUN....
AS THE DAYS ROLLED BY,
AND THEY BOTH GOT OLDER WITH TIME,
HIS CUTE LITTLE YIPS TURNED INTO,
ANNOYING LITTLE WHINES....
SHE GREW UP AND GOT NEW FRIENDS,
SO LUCKY IS NOW ALONE,
HE ISN'T SMALL OR CUTE ANYMORE,
NOW THAT HE TOO IS GROWN....
NO ONE EVER PLAYS WITH HIM,
OR SHOWS HIM ANY LOVE,
HIS FOOD IS IN A DISH BY THE FRIDGE,
AND HE SURE COULD USE A HUG....
THEY SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN,
THAT CUTE LITTLE PUP THEY BROUGHT HOME,
BUT NOW HE IS JUST LEFT TO FEND,
THEY LEAVE HIM ALL ALONE....
HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN THE WAY,
A BOTHER TO THEM MOST EVERYDAY,
AN EXPENSE AND THE CHORES THAT HE CREATES,
SEEM TO BE MORE THAN THEY CAN TAKE....
THEY NOW THINK BUYING HIM WASN'T SO WISE,
AND WISH THEY HAD LEFT HIM AT THE STORE,
HE LAYS BY THE WINDOW AND WATCHES FOR THEM,
WITH LOVE AND TRUST GALORE....
ALL BUT FORGOTTEN,
HE NEVER GETS UPSET,
HE LAYS IN WAIT AND HOPES,
TO SEE HUMANS AND YET....
THEY ARE NEVER THERE TO LOVE HIM,
OR TO TAKE HIM OUT TO THROW A BALL,
THEY HAVE NO TIME TO COMFORT HIM,
YET HE LOVES THEM ONE AND ALL....
AND YOU KNOW IF HE COULD SPEAK,
HE WOULD HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY,
HE WOULD TELL THEM THAT HE LOVES THEM,
AND MISSES THEM TODAY....
HE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO PLAY WITH HIM,
OR MAYBE JUST PAT HIS HEAD,
TO SAY GOOD BOY, JUST ONCE IN A WHILE,
BUT THEY IGNORE HIM INSTEAD....
ALL HE EVER WANTED,
WAS TO BE LOVED AND RESPECTED,
BUT NOW ALL HE HAS GOTTEN,
IS FORGOTTEN AND REJECTED....
IF YOU WANT TO OWN A PET,
THINK ABOUT IT IN THE LONG RUN,
HE WILL LOVE YOU EVEN WHEN,
HE'S NO LONGER CUTE OR FUN....
SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO CLEAN UP FOR HIM,
AND TAKE HIM TO THE VET,
YOU WON'T JUST HAVE A DOG YOU KNOW,
HE WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, YET....
SO TREAT HIM WITH RESPECT,
AS YOU WOULD YOUR OWN KIND,
AND IN RETURN YOU WILL HAVE,
THE BEST COMPANION YOU WILL EVER FIND....
