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| We pray for pups |
| Who put muddy paws everywhere |
| Who like to have their tummies rubbed |
| Who run through puddles right after their baths |
| Who beg for treats even though they just had their dinner |
| Who chew holes through our shoes |
| Who want their balls thrown over and over |
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| And we pray for those |
| Who stare at one place from behind wire cages |
| Who can't run across a field on legs that aren't stiff |
| Who have never played fetch |
| Who never go to a park |
| Who live in an X-rated world |
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| We pray for pups |
| Who kiss us every place that they can |
| Who meet us with ecstasy every time we return |
| (even if it has only been 10 minutes) |
| Who take up most of the bed and want most of the blankets |
| Who get into the garbage or into spats with skunks |
| Who demand our attention and bay off key |
| Who tear up rolls of toilet paper |
| Who gulp their food |
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| And we pray for those |
| Who never get treats |
| Who have no safe blanket to drag behind them |
| Who watch their mamas watch them starve |
| Who don't have leftovers to sneak |
| Who don't have a hand to comfort when in pain |
| Who don't have anyone to know they're in pain |
| Whose pictures are on no one's dresser |
| Whose monsters are real |
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| We pray for pups |
| Who howl at baths |
| Who can't stand to have their nails clipped or their teeth cleaned |
| Who hate to have their ears cleaned |
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| And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime |
| Who cringe from human hands because they have never known a caress |
| Who stand day after day in their own leavings |
| Who have never been spoiled |
| Who live and move but have no being |
| We pray for those |
| Who want to be carried and for those who must |
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