Busted shoes

Busted shoes and broken bones

And anger all the way

I pick the limbs apart each day

And throw them out the home

Carcasses of pets I had

We tossed her in the dump

Dealt with losses, best I can

It can not ease the thump

Of your last companion, dormantly

You took her to the trash

Where the vet had told us where to go

And drop our dog to ash

Never did I learn to trust an animal again

I treat myself so critter-like

Speak angrily at friends

The deadest dog inside of me, never to return

Trusting kin to lie to me

Never to relearn