Great Dane's Neck Chain

Great Dane guard

in a junkyard

.. from the outside

world

always barred



through the years

his tight chain

grew deeper and deeper

into the neck of the Dane



until an animal volunteer

took him to a vet

who operated

and him healed



and gave him to

a family

who lived by a field



with children

who caress him

from dawn's breaking

light

He sleeps on the boy's

bed at night.






Author's Notes/Comments: 

to Assoc of Vets For
Animal Rights..
a different breed
than those vets who
inflict pain on
animals in university
and pharmaceutical labs
or act as cadaver
inspectors for the USDA
.. or hide the symptoms
of cows on their
way to slaughter..
so that they can pass
'inspection'

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