What life would hold in store for Me.
I thought there is something GREAT beyond that kennel door
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Out there are needy people
And I have much to give
Love and Wit and Gentleness
To help them learn to live.
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I'd be someones protector
Keep little ones from harm
Or guide an old man's weary steps
Or help to run a farm.
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I'd run and bark and jump and play
With friends along a sandy shore
I'd roll in meadows thick and green
That lie beyond that kennel door.
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I lay here waiting-longing as the days and years went by
My owner kept me fed and brushed
But inside, let me die.
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I do not think of greatness now
I'm old and filled with pain
My owner has some ribbons.
But I have lived in vain.
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I cannot think what could have been
My dreams are filled with no more hope
Just floor and walls and broken heart
For me behind this kennel door.
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"M Kummer"
