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Legend

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Contributed by: Christine Smallwood on 6/18/2008

This I wrote for Dogs and Cats Forever, I dedicate this to all No Kill Shelters...

Their noses are wet and soft to feel

but this pups nose was dried with blood

Each day he waits for any meal

Shivering in rain and caked with mud

No shelter from the bitter cold

No blanket filled with a warm smile

No arms to hold him for a little while

His name is Legend, he's ten monthes old

He no longer plays with the rocks in the road

He no longer sits begging for a bone

He just lies still next to pebbles and stones

Sometimes he's seen through the broken gate

Head down low, his tail in the dirt

Legend never learned to hate

Even when pointed at, yelling, " Hey you hurt?"

"Nah, he's only a dog that don't belong"

"If you let em' in once, they'll stay all night"

" He ain't worth nuthin', just runs and hides"

"Can't even put him in for a bloody fight"

He came with a bat and broke down that gate

He picked up that puppy shaking from cold

He opened his coat praying he wasn't too late

He kissed Legends head like he was the rarest of gold.

Christine Smallwood

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