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Compassionate Women
they take animals into their lives
spend days, months, petting, feeding
cleaning up mess, throwing out broken stuff
they kiss, cuddle and pamper as
his lordship curses and growls
they have themselves photographed with him
make videos, become well known
eventually the beast attacks and devours them
posthumously they become news items
it doesn’t stop others from imitating
doesn’t stop town folk, mothers
and neighbors who got scratched and mauled
from saying
we told you so
© Johnmichael Simon
2013
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