They dumped it on the lonely road,
Then like a streak they sped;
And as along the way I strode
I thought that it was dead:
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This is a fun poem in many ways, its rythmn wicked and melodramatic the tone flexible and amusing, sad but never maudlin. beautiful poem and lucky, lucky dog. Is the poet another abandoned dog?
He often gives me a whiplash at the end of his poem- -makes the poem very memorable