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[ NaPo 2018 ] Strays

are often set in their ways
---refusing to budge inches---  
taking a mile when feeling  
cornered; in allowing them    
the run of the house    
you assume the risk
of blood withdrawals    
from a banked Trust fund    
that is a hand ungloved    
     
Nail scratches, bite marks ...      
Guess who these are on?
    
YOU!     
don't get a say    
in the lives of a strays---     
such is lived on their terms    
     
So love them anyway     
as you wish to be loved    
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
     
     
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Strays  
 
are often set in their ways;    
refusing to budge the inches    
you give them    
     
taking a mile    
when feeling cornered    
     
In allowing them    
the run of the house    
you assume all risks;    
     
the blood withdrawn    
from banked Trust funds    
through hand gloved    
     
nail scratches    
     
teeth marks      
     
Guess who that's on?    
     
YOU    
     
don't get a say    
in the life of a stray;      
     
it's lived on their terms    
     
Love them anyway    
     
as you wish to be loved  
 
 
Written by JohnnyBlaze
Published | Edited 24th Aug 2020
Author's Note
for Ahavati with Love 💜
7/30 of the Official DUP NaPo/GloProWriMo 2018 Competition
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10143/
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