What have we done
to deserve dogs?
We, who poison the world with greed;
who chisel our neighbours
for a few extra dollars;
who maim, cheat and burn –
what right have we to a dog’s gifts?
All that warmth, affection
and even forgiveness –
we don’t deserve any of it
and yet this, to them,
simply doesn’t come into it.
A dog’s love is not transactional.
We’ve done nothing to deserve dogs.
And they (poor things)
have done nothing to deserve us.
Joshua Seigal
