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Marmaduke

Your gentle paw appraised my cheek
To beg a bite to eat
Not long since you gouged a vole
Of evolutionary flesh

Domestication
Doesn’t mean replete.

Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2011

Submitted: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Edited: Saturday, November 12, 2011

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