Put Downs

When I was a lad of thirteen, there was an expression we learned in school;
It was the two words called a “Put Down”, we thought they were really cool!
For if someone dared insult you, and you had a great retort;
You’d yell, “Ha, Ha, I put you down, better luck next time spoilsport”!
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But then, when I got older, those two words changed drastically;
Whenever I heard them spoken, they incited fear in me!
For they meant that one’s beloved pet, was unable to be saved;
Their Doctor telling you, “This has to be, you must now be very brave”!
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Twice we’ve had to say “OK”, to put our Angels e’er to sleep;
To hold them as they expired, pray the Lord their Soul to keep!
The last one almost killed us, fifteen months now, of crying every day;
For our precious Angel Cody, who so sadly, has sailed away!
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                           Helpless and hurting
                 We must send our dearest pets
                          Back to their maker