Dog Level
Moti peed on the pole 43 and left,
Jojo sniffed,
peed on the pole 43 as well.
Sheru sniffed both their pees and peed himself,
Then Peelu came smelled it for a couple of minutes,
Peed a bit in heft.
Blacky then came, sniffed, licked, relieved the bladder,
Chor kukkur did the same, BagheeraDog also joined her.
Minutes later a black van passed pole 13, came labeled “The Fucking Dog Catcher”
Driven by Jaamvant who sure loved his job along with a helper.
Jaamvant used to work alone,
Lift them 15kg malnourished canines on his own,
Throw them in the back of the van single handed,
Dump them in a ditch of bones way down the GT road.
Those who fell down bad,
Won’t usually get up back,
Those who survived,
Would lick them bones dry,
Soon to realize,
That there’s no water around,
And the bones they think are food,
Were of their own kind’s.
But then Jaamvant got married,
His girl insisted on getting some help,
She forced him to hire a boy,
Used to say, “I like your guns, I like your car,
But I’ll leave you the moment you get one more dog bite scar”
The van reached pole 42,
Jaamvant got ready with the electrical rod,
He sensed that every car in the hood,
Hid at least three of them dogs,
He charged with little care,
Slipped on the pool of dog pee,
The rod fell out of his hands,
And sadly every second of it was being observed by all the doggies.
The helper locked the van,
He could see as compared to them, the dogs had a better plan.
Couldn’t bear looking at Jaamvant’s pain.
Slid up the van’s window pane,
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+Nipundart 23d April 2024
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