Critter Haven

What is a puppy mill?

It is a place full of sorrow

Where all the sad faces

Dread another tomorrow

The young and the old

The sick and the lame

None are safe

In this money making game

 

And who are these humans

That subject them to squalor

To pain and disease

To make another dollar

 

The lucky ones make it out

They have managed to survive

To end up in pet shops

Most barely alive

 

They stare at you

With eyes that cry

Would someone please tell me,

Why oh why

 

Don't pass by that cage

But look hard and long

Then tell the store owner

That this is terribly wrong

 

These creatures we love

Don't deserve such a plight

Stand up for the helpless

Help them win their fight

 

Critter Haven's a good start

Visit and see why

Nothing is gained

Unless you try

(© Carol Kufner) 

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I would like to thank Carol Kufner for her kind permission to publish her poems on my blog.