Hannah May Smith
Took on a dog
A Staffordshire Bull a terrier who
She called him ZEUS
The king of the Gods
Of justice and the sky
And what she would do
Was look after him
Feed him and see to his needs
But she abandoned the dog
And we know where that leads
Imagine being locked up
In a utility room
Three bowls of dry food
In the cold
In a cage
Getting thinner each day
Starving to death
Whilst she buggered off
Letting him, rage
The RSPCA she informed
Far too late but when they
Went to inspect Zeus he had died
His sad fate
Shit everywhere and so very cold
Emaciated in his own mess he rolled
Dressed up and living
Somewhere a way
As to Zeus the poor soul
He had
Passed away
Suffering starving frightened alone
Whilst she didn’t care
Wasn’t there
Every groan
To starve on your own
Hoping someone would come
Expectantly hoping
Especially dumb
Animals suffering
Day after day
He no longer a god
He Simply passed away
Such a cruel bitch
No prison for her
She knowingly allowed this
A sufferer
Scratching and yelping
The torture would end
But no prison for her
Nothing to defend
This criminality
This vile nasty sod
She just walked free
And forget the Greek God
An irony really
History brought
A soul into being
His name kind of taught
Other this great god of Justice and sky
Could be left in a shit hole
And bloody-well die.
Ten years without animals
In her charge
Police that will you
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.