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This article was taken from a selection of prayers, poems and songs from Homeless Animals' Day 2003 (August 16/03) from International Society for Animal Rights: PRAYER OF A STRAY Dear God, please send me somebody who'll care! I'm tired of running; I'm sick with despair. My body is aching, it's so racked with pain, And Dear God, I pray as I run in the rain. That someone will love me and give me a home, A warm cozy bed and a big, juicy bone. My last owner tied me all day in the yard, Sometimes with no water and, God, that was hard! So I chewed my leash, God, and I ran away, To rummage in garbage and live as a stray. They've chased me with sticks and hit me with stones, While I run the streets just looking for bones! I'm not really bad, God, please help me if you can, For I have become just a "victim of man". I'm wormy, dear God, and I'm ridden with fleas, While all I want is an owner to please! If you find one for me, God, I'll try to be good. I won't chew their shoes and I'll do as I should. I'll love them, protect them, and try to obey When they tell me to sit, to lie down, or stay! I don't think I'll make it too long on my own, 'cause I'm getting so weak and I'm all alone. Each night as I sleep in the bushes - I cry. I'm so afraid, God, that I'm gonna die! And I've got so much love and devotion to give, That I should be given a new chance to live. So dear God, please, please answer my prayer And send me Somebody who will really care... That is, dear God, if you're really there.
