<div class="date">A rescue dog's Christmas Poem</div>
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<div>Author Unknown<br>Attributed to the Tuscan Humane Society<br>(Warning you may need tissues)<br><br>'Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town,<br>Every shelter is full - we are lost but not found.<br>
Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare,<br>We hope every minute that someone will care.<br>They'll come to adopt us and give us the call,<br>"Come here, Max and Sparkie - come fetch your new ball!!<br><br>But now we sit here and think of the days,<br>
We were treated so fondly - we had cute, baby ways.<br>Once we were little, then we grew and we grew -<br>Now we're no longer young and we're no longer new.<br><br>So out the back door we were thrown like the trash,<br>
They reacted so quickly - why were they so rash?<br>We "jump on the children:, "don't come when they call",<br>We "bark when they leave us", climb over the wall.<br><br>We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed,<br>
Now we suffer the consequence of the errors THEY made.<br>If only they'd trained us, if only we knew...<br>We'd have done what they asked us and worshiped them, too.<br>We were left in the backyard, or worse -let to roam-<br>
Now we're tired and lonely and out of a home.<br>They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye...<br>"Maybe someone else will give you a try."<br><br>So now here we are, all confused and alone...<br>In a shelter with others who long for a home.<br>
The kind workers come through with a meal and a pat,<br>with so many to care for, they can't stay to chat.<br>They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer...<br>We know that they wonder how long we'll be here.<br>
<br>We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads..<br>Of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds.<br>Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears --<br>Our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear.<br>
<br>If you can't adopt us and there's no room at the Inn --<br>Could you help with the bills and fill our food bin?<br>We count on your kindness each day of the year --<br>Can you give more than hope to everyone here?<br>
Please make a donation to pay for the heat...<br>And help get us something special to eat.<br>The shelter that cares for us wants us to live,<br>And more of us will, if more people will give.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>King Bob the DOg, Jasmine, Lenny & Lexie<br>
<br>The Life and TImes of Ben G Meyer<br><a href="http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u91/cowbobdog/?action=view&current=9791efac.pbr">http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u91/cowbobdog/?action=view&current=9791efac.pbr</a><br>
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