Petty Price Paid

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pitiful, penned pup's
plaintive, pulp-pummeled pleadings . . .
perished painfully

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Contest: SimpleWordPlay -- The Letter "P"

Sponsor: TeeTeeAlyriAh0764

Form: Traditional Japanese Haiku

Major Poetic Device: Alliteration in Chains

Theme: The Cruel Nature of Humankind

Feetnote: In the United States alone, approximately ten million pets are physically abused each year.  
Sixty-five percent of physically abused pets are dogs.