The black Labrador bitch gave birth to six whelps,
overwhelmed her owner squeezed their tiny necks
till they were quite dead and threw them into a shallow grave.
The good mother found them,
dug ‘em up and miraculously one was still alive,
which she carried back to her lair in the barn.
A lucky survivor?
One which deserves to live?
Alas life is much more brutal than we think,
the man couldn’t afford more dogs
so he killed that one too.
The black Labrador bitch runs up and down the village
only road looking for her brood;
soon she will forget
and since she isn’t spayed
quickly be with a litter again.