#1 Pets Mentality Thread

***Alex Linder*** · September 19th, 2014

For years this poem was in my mind, but couldn't recall where/who. Then I came across it again reading some very old National Reviews. This to me is the mentality of too many pet owners. Not all, but too many.

Pets

by John Nixon, Jr.

The love they could not give to one another
They ultimately forced on quadrupeds --
Poor captive creatures, longing for the wild
But getting love and table scraps. In time,
The dog became a charming thespian.
If tail-wagging and licking hands did not
Denote affection, then what could? Just listen
To that adoring bark. Pure joy. But no
Amount of condescending milk poured out
In fractured saucers could persuade the cat
To view the thing as more than what it was:
Suave slavery. You cannot love your own,
The velvet gait declares. I'll not love you.

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September 19th, 2014	#1
*Alex Linder* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 45,756 Blog Entries: 34	#1 Pets Mentality Thread For years this poem was in my mind, but couldn't recall where/who. Then I came across it again reading some very old National Reviews. This to me is the mentality of too many pet owners. Not all, but too many. Pets by John Nixon, Jr. The love they could not give to one another They ultimately forced on quadrupeds -- Poor captive creatures, longing for the wild But getting love and table scraps. In time, The dog became a charming thespian. If tail-wagging and licking hands did not Denote affection, then what could? Just listen To that adoring bark. Pure joy. But no Amount of condescending milk poured out In fractured saucers could persuade the cat To view the thing as more than what it was: Suave slavery. You cannot love your own, The velvet gait declares. I'll not love you.