HEY..this poem is bout a dog losing at a dog show...sad..huh.. I'm the dog who didnt win a prize. I didn't have the Most Appealing Eyes. All day in this heat,I've been standing on me feet With dogs of every other shape and size. I've been harshly disinfected,I've been scrubbed, I've been festooned in a towel and I've been rubbed; I've been mercilessly brushed,robbed of all me fleas and dust And now the judging's over: I've been snubbed! Was it for obedience I was hailed? As 'Best Dog in the Show' was I regaled? O not on your Doggo life,pass me down the carving knife, I had one thing said about me-it was 'FAILED'. I never for a moment thought I'd fail. I thought at least I'd win 'Waggiest Tail'. But no certificate,rosette or commendation did I get- Nothing on a kennel door to nail. I am going in my kennel on my own. Thank you,no.I do not want a bone. Do not think you can console me with left-overs in my bowl me Pride is mortified: I want to be alone. I've heard it from the wordly and the wise: 'Each dog has his day' they all advise, But I see to my grief and sorrow,my day must have been tomorrow! Oh I'm the dog who didnt win a prize! -PAM AYRES