the sleeping dogs

The sleeping dogs

They ran and lost the race

So much hope they thought they would

Barking loudly across the fence

The rubbish trucks came

They smelled it and ran away

They felt cheated by the aroma

The minted bones all gone

Under the hot sun

The barking curses of their lives

They got cheated of their golden bones

They couldn't believe they didn't get it all

Now the sleeping dogs

The teary eyes of lost hope

The water of juicy gold

It was just plain water after all