LET ME TELL YOU WHY
YOU ASK DEAR SIR WHY I WANT THIS PUP
IT'S JUST A PET I'D BUY?
HE'S A ROTTIE, I REPLIED,
GOT A MINUTE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
YOU SEE, SIX YEARS AGO I TOOK A DRIVE,
DOWN TO A COUNTRY PARK.
I SAW A DOG WITH SADDENED EYES
AND A COAT THAT WAS QUITE DARK.
HIS HEAD WAS HUGE WITH ALMOND EYES,
HIS TAIL WAS JUST A STUMP.
HIS FEET WERE TANNED, SO WAS HIS CHEST
AND A STAR WAS ON HIS RUMP.
AS I APPROACHED HE SEEMED TO KNOW
TO HIM I MEANT NO HARM,
FOR HIS STUMP DID TWITCH AND HIS HEAD WENT
DOWN
WHILE I POURED ON THE CHARM.
WHEN I GOT CLOSE, I FELT A SCAR
THAT RAN RIGHT DOWN HIS SIDE,
THAT THIS GREAT DOG HAD BEEN ABUSED
WAS A FACT YOU COULD NOT HIDE.
I COAXED AND COOED AND COAXED SOME MORE,
'TIL I GOT HIM IN THE CAR.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE HIM HOME WITH ME
FOR I DIDN'T LIVE TOO FAR.
A ROTTWEILER, I LATER LEARNED,
WAS THE NAME I HEARD THEM SAY.
SIX YEARS OF LOVE HE SHARED WITH ME...
THEN GOD TOOK HIM AWAY.
I'LL NOT FORGET THIS FRIEND OF MINE,
I FOUND SO LONG AGO.
MY HEART STILL BREAKS, THE TEARS STILL FLOW,
AND O'GOD I MISS HIM SO.
SO IF YOU LET ME BUY THIS PUP,
MY WORD I GIVE TO YOU,
A BETTER FRIEND HE'LL NEVER KNOW
AND AN EMPTY HEART WILL BE ANEW.
by Jan Cooper.
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MY ONLY CRIME
I didn't know I'd grow this strong, it's what Man said I'd be.
But now because I am so big, all life will end for me.
I've been good and faithful, and I'm gentle to all I know.
I didn't mean to defend myself - do I still have to go????
My only crime was to be a Rott, not a Poodle, Peke or Skye.
I was teased, so I bit back, and now I have to die.
A Chihuahua tried to attack the judge at Westminster '89,
The crowd just laughed, they thought it cute;
Tell me.... where do they draw the line?
jan cooper 1990
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