Charlotte

There I was, in the pet shop window

a bright little button

but a bit forlorn

I don’t like these places

and some of the faces

that look in and see me

I guess I am torn

I would like a young girl

to come and look after me

take me for walks

in the woods maybe we

could enjoy each other

and if she had a brother

that would be truthfully

really lovely

then one day when I was

dozing there  quietly

where was the little girl

in came this gal

a blonde not so little

but she said she’d like to

take me to her home

so a new pal

you know what its like

a dog yea like me

to be in a pet shop

where people can see

everything really no place to hide

no privacy at all

and freedom denied

and I don’t like the sawdust

or the shredded paper

its gets on my fur

its a right old caper

so to have the chance

to get out of this place

and go home with somebody

who has a nice face

seemed a godsend and I was

ready to be

transported to paradise

yea, a basket case me

she lived in a house

on maybe 3 floors

she was a strange one

she liked to lock doors

every door locked

the place was so dark

but I noticed we were

quite near to a park

so that looked quite promising

but then I knew

she wasn’t quite right

in what she did do

she forgot to feed me

and no water down

she’d kick me just kick me

in her dressing gown

she’d swear at me all the time

and she would throw

anything at me

and I’d never go

out,

it was prison

just at her place

reality proves

just what a disgrace

she was

all dolled up with her make up

and hair

but leaving her heart

on the dresser somewhere

then it just  happen

one saturday night

she had been drinking

and did invite

a bloke who was real weird

and ugly as sin

and when they both argued

my god what a din

I got out of their way

and hid in the hall

but she came and found me

and threw me at the wall

the walls made of brick

and I realized she

had broken the skin on my back

tragically

they laughed as I dragged myself off

in much pain

and she came up and kicked me again and again

why was this happening

what had I done

was it a past life

had I been on the run

was I really awful

perhaps a bad stray

and this was just karma

getting its way

I went down the hall

and hid in a box

with brushes and shoes

and a pair of her socks

and I lay there and sobbed

for a few hours until

I nodded off thinking

if I could only kill

that bitch somehow

for already she’d shown

no care towards me

and I just felt alone

that night I had fever

my bones were on fire

the next day

I daren’t walk

the pain was dire

she never fed me

stayed in her bed

all I could wish for

was that she was dead

but later she got up

and opened the door

she looked like a rat

she was hard to ignore

right she said Charlotte

gonna teach you to fly

first I will beat you up until you cry

then in a plastic bag

tied up with string

out of the window

I’m going to sling

you, she then shouted

yes out you go

fly off to somewhere

let the wind blow

you anywhere else

I am  so sick of you

and she tossed me out

out into the blue

I fell like a stone onto my head

all I could see then

was the colour red

and then nothing else

for as blind as a bat

and really not knowing  then where I was at

in so much pain

what a miserable sod

I cried aloud ,to the only sweet god

I knew  Anubis

asking that he

bring one of the angels

to come and help me

someone turned up and found me

and I

am being re-homed

with a brilliant old guy

he has a nice voice

but as I say I am blind

all I want is a place now

where I can unwind

hope he has a niece maybe

who will come  and play

and I can live happily

now come what may