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By: Lavina Burgess
12/10/03

Animal cruelty, I can't understand
How can anyone be so cruel
It breaks my heart, I feel their pain
Why, why, is there so much hate?
Don't we know...
That animals too, feel the pain?

We stub our toes, or scrape our knees
Or maybe fall
Don't we all cry out?
Don't we feel the pain...the hurt?

Kick a puppy across the room
Or scold them...
Because they pee on the floor
Look in their eyes, and what do you see?
But only the fear of you and me
Don't you think they feel the pain?

A playful kitty, just playing around
Playing with a ball of yarn
Or a puppy, just running through the house
Trying to grab his/her tail
How could one be so cruel?
To abuse an animal, they are such fools

Tortured, mutilated, skinned or burned
How can anyone do such harm
That pet you killed, had once belonged...
To someone, that loved him/her for so long!