If only animals could talk. We would learn a lot about ourselves if they could.
My dog has the most beseeching eyes and when she looks at me it's always because she wants love, food or approval. I often take her for granted as I rush past her to do some errand. I know that she forgives me when I ignore her. She has adjusted well to being the lowest peg on the rung.
Still, I think she gets the most attention from everyone in the household. All because she's so darn cute.
Here's a couple of poems with the insight of animals. I hope it gives you something to chew on.
The Old Horse in the City
by Vachel Lindsay
The moon's a peck of corn. It lies
Heaped up for me to eat.
I wish that I might climb the path
And taste that supper sweet.
Men feed me straw and scanty grain
And beat me till I'm sore.
Some day I'll break the halter-rope
And Smash the stable-door,
Run down the street and mount the hill
Just as the corn appears.
I've see it rise at certain times
For years and years and years.
The Python
by Hilaire Belloc
A Python I should not advise-
It needs a doctor for its eyes,
And has the measles yearly.
However, if you feel inclined
To get one (to improve the mind,
And not from fashion merely),
Allow no music near its cage;
And when it flies into a rage,
Chastise it most severely.
I had an Aunt in Yucatan
Who bought a Python from a man
And kept it for a pet.
She died because she never knew
These simple little rules and few-
The snake is living yet.
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