Jared Williams loved animals. Each night,
before he went to bed, he'd set a dish
of food out for his cats, feed all his fish,
and stroke old Rex. Then he'd turn out the light.
And every morning Jared woke at nine,
again stroked Rex, fished out his poisoned friends
and flushed them, before searching end-to-end
his property for newly-dead felines.
This will seem strange, until you understand
above all animals, Jared loved Rex,
whose bloated body still lay on the floor.
And loss sometimes twists love from something grand
to something dead, which no balm resurrects.
Daily Jared visits the pet shop for more.
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