*NATIONAL DOG DAY SPECIAL!*

Dogs are life!

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A sluggish mass of garlic bread, untainted
By human foes of argent hypocrisies.
A naive pearl of diamond love, re-painted
With lashes of compassion turned to pieces.
Sapling, prey to tyranny of fate's thunder,
Finding vivers in trash with purifying lick
Of tongue, so long, yet not equipped to argue.
Oh! You godsent gift to virtuous blunder
Of our callous souls, prickles no one to pick,
Undeserving of your altruistic hue.

Nature embracing you in bona fide hugs
During spring and tide and sweat and hail and snow.
Bambood crowns of shelter pool in helpless drugs,
Guilt, and lack of braid, Repunzel once did know.
Judged as sludge, your golden frame, lungs cocooned in
Scrawny ribs, aching to breathe for few more days.
Whining melodies, by the stone-deaf, unheard
Like background tunes, in advertisements, playin'.
Peeling off your larynx in barking relays
With just fleas and flies in sight, half clear, half blurred.

And yet your candids rule all beauty pageants,
For your artless eyes view nothing but a man
Holding a flash seeking your light, and sergeants,
Guarding leucocytes, for every manly plan,
No bows, no ribbons, no ornamented might.
Oh! You free master unlike sold pets entrapped,
Your pendulating tail in a dancing bliss
And your woofs, stalwart keepers of midnight white.
Band of crickets whistle in praise, while earcapped
Ignorance snores its way down a precipice.

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A/N : My first, properly structured ode, dedicated to stray dogs. I love dogs and I'd always wanted to write something on and for them. Here it is! Hope y'all like it! :)