Love Poem: A Dog Named Transfer
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Written by: Mike Gentile

A Dog Named Transfer

He was living in a shelter
            when he came to be my own
The answer to my question,
                          why be all alone

The eyes, the eyes so big and brown
to melt a frozen heart
the kisses of a forlorn soul
                    to speak of a new start

His golden coat, so soft and sweet
                      the wag of his delight
Companion to my every need
         each day and every night

He’s been so many places
                 but no one saw his worth
Abandoned by a careless man
       so soon after his birth

They called him Transfer
   as he’d never known forever home
Until now, that is, you see
      no more will Transfer roam