ALONE AGAIN

    I wish someone would tell me
    What it is that I've done wrong,

    Why I have to stay chained up and
    Left alone so long.

    They seemed so glad to have me
    When I came here as a pup,

    There were so many things we'd do
    While I was growing up.

    They couldn't wait to train me as a
    Companion and friend,

    And told me how they'd never fear
    Being left alone again.

    The children said they'd feed me
    And brush me every day,

    They'd play with me and walk me
    If I could only stay.

    But now the family "hasn't time"
    They often say I shed,

    They do not want me in the house
    Not even to be fed.

    The children never walk me
    They always say "not now!"

    I wish that I could please them
    Won't someone tell me how?

    All I had, you see, was love
    I wish they would explain,

    Why they said they wanted me,
    Then left me on a chain. 

    				Author unknown

    
				from Bosler Humane Society,
    
				Barre, MA