I remember the day we had to put him down <br />Blood soaked diarrhea soaking into everything <br />Getting its filth all over the house <br />And I didn’t care in the slightest way <br /> <br />All I could think about was <br />How I’ve watched him grow old <br />Still following me wherever I went <br />Sticking his smiling mug in all my business <br />He was like that since the day we got him <br />When I was still young <br />And he was still young <br /> <br />But his legs started to give out on him <br />And he had more and more <br />Trouble standing up <br />I guess this was reason he <br />Would try to lay on me <br /> <br />Always looking like a rug <br />Sticking to me like Velcro <br /> <br />I haven’t had this kind of trouble <br />In about… <br />I’d have to say <br />Five years it must have been <br />Without feeling absolutely alone<br /><br />Dan Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pet-owners-get-really-attached-big-dog-murphy-2/
