They are good at giving
me one of your human names
but I
have been neglected by those
bastards who didn’t even try
so much weight
nobody believes
how I looked before
before they took me in
yea inside their door
I remember it was hot that day
and as I went inside
he kind of kicked me
it bloody hurt
which he then denied
his partner she was kinder
she’d pat me but him, I
never flipping trusted him
and now you can see why
he kicked me out that maggot
didn’t give me enough food
and what he gave me half of it was rotten
he was crude
walked about with nothing on
and just pissed in the sink
when his partner told him
you just would never think
how the sod reacted
he was brutal to her, she
got out before I got out
but now yea look at me
I’m really in a bad state
I need a friend like YOU
someone who will love me
and I will love you too
someone who will walk with me
talk with me and say
he loves me and will love me
until my judgement day
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.