{"id":44116,"date":"2020-02-05T02:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=44116"},"modified":"2020-02-05T09:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T09:03:06","slug":"%e2%80%9cmax%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/02\/%e2%80%9cmax%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMax\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I Was little<br \/>\nI was a senior<br \/>\nWith a tumour on my head<br \/>\nIt affected the way I saw things<br \/>\nAnd, what people said<br \/>\nPeople give you weird looks<br \/>\nWhich brought on some despair<br \/>\nAnd then of course<br \/>\nMy lifetime people<br \/>\nDumped me any where<\/p>\n<p>In a high kill shelter<br \/>\nDidn\u2019t care for me<br \/>\nI know I looked ugly<br \/>\nAnd I was smelly<\/p>\n<p>Love is hard to come by<br \/>\nWhen your old<br \/>\nand crippled by<br \/>\nSomething<br \/>\npeople get embarrassed about<br \/>\nAnd they left me high and dry.<\/p>\n<p>It really did my head in<br \/>\nMy confidence was low<br \/>\nI thought of myself as ugly<br \/>\nAnd a nuisance which I know<\/p>\n<p>Over night no home for me<br \/>\nNow what would I do<br \/>\nSomeone said they would help me<br \/>\nA doctor would come through<\/p>\n<p>ANIMAL  Rescue Dogs<br \/>\nthe name<br \/>\nTook me out of harm<br \/>\nTold me I was beautiful<br \/>\nTold me to be calm<\/p>\n<p>I knew that I was smelly<br \/>\nI knew nobody cared<br \/>\nLook I was  dumped like rubbish<br \/>\nMy life might not be spared<\/p>\n<p>My guardians didn\u2019t want me<br \/>\nI was left to be<br \/>\nMurdered in some shelter<br \/>\nThe rainbow bridge for me<\/p>\n<p>I remember the whites of my eyes<br \/>\nrising everyday<br \/>\nI was inconsolable in every flipping way<br \/>\nThe doctor now was telling me<br \/>\nI was  beautiful soul<br \/>\nIt\u2019s true that I was smelly<br \/>\nBut no matter now  my role<\/p>\n<p>Was to be looked after<br \/>\nAnd she was going to try<br \/>\nI would have to be very brave<br \/>\nIt\u2019s possible I might die<\/p>\n<p>But she was going to help me.<br \/>\nshe was going to try<br \/>\nShe was going to remove that ghastly lump<br \/>\nAbove my eye<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t going to be easy<br \/>\nBut she was going to make<br \/>\narrangements and then operate<br \/>\nAnd the tumour she would take<\/p>\n<p>I had x rays<br \/>\nAnd for five whole hours<br \/>\nWas in theatre where I<br \/>\nWas undergoing surgery<br \/>\nWhere Angels from the sky<\/p>\n<p>Had come down from the rainbow bridge<br \/>\nand were  making sure that I<br \/>\nGot through the surgery safely<br \/>\nWith a twinkle in my eye<\/p>\n<p>When I woke up and I did wake up<br \/>\nThere was love and care<br \/>\nDR TINA stayed with me<br \/>\nAll night<br \/>\nHer love did share<\/p>\n<p>I heard her calming words to me<br \/>\nMax love I love you<br \/>\nNo one had ever said that<br \/>\nBefore to me it\u2019s true<\/p>\n<p>I was always ugly<br \/>\nNo one ever fancied me<br \/>\nFriends I never had them<br \/>\nPeople just would see<\/p>\n<p>Me as old and weary<br \/>\nA nuisance can I say<br \/>\nLove why would they love<br \/>\nAn ugly blighter anyway<\/p>\n<p>And when this tumour surfaced<br \/>\nMy luck of course ran out<br \/>\nThe shelter was my last resort<br \/>\nAnd I had all the doubt<br \/>\nIn the world<br \/>\nThat was until<br \/>\nANIMAL RESCUE came<br \/>\nThe angels from the rainbow bridge<br \/>\nYes the very same<\/p>\n<p>They told some of their valued friends<br \/>\nAbout me and they found<br \/>\nPeople willing to help me live<br \/>\nMy feet  just touched the ground<br \/>\nThe surgery was expensive<br \/>\nBut charity and care<br \/>\nSomehow fell upon me<br \/>\nAnd I became Aware<\/p>\n<p>How DR TINA loved me<br \/>\nBy big eyes and my age<br \/>\nShe was very caring<br \/>\nShe loved me off the page<\/p>\n<p>NOw of course I am naked<br \/>\nAll my hair is gone<br \/>\nI am even less attractive<br \/>\nThis world that I am upon<\/p>\n<p>Views it\u2019s souls as handsome<br \/>\nAs youthful or as cool<br \/>\nWhen I was just an old senior<br \/>\nJust a poor old fool<\/p>\n<p>But care and love and angels came<br \/>\nAnd I was saved today<br \/>\nThey took my stitches<br \/>\nOut and a broken tooth they say<\/p>\n<p>Yes I am old and weak<br \/>\nBut someone seemingly<br \/>\nFound the time and money<br \/>\nTo help me, help me be<br \/>\nAble to live a few more months<br \/>\nIn happiness and light<br \/>\nI have to thank<br \/>\nthe many<br \/>\nWho were there for me that night<\/p>\n<p>ANIMAL RESCUE DOGS <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Was little I was a senior With a tumour on my head It affected the way I saw things And, what people said People give you weird looks Which brought on some despair And then of course My lifetime &hellip; 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