The Pet They Should Get

A human being is a mammal
And if they really want a pet
Another type of mammal
Is the pet they should get.

I'm not a cuddly kitten
I'm not a playful pup
I can't do tricks like begging
And I certainly can't sit up.

I'm just a turtle
And all that I can do
Is be an amphibian
Live on land, or in water too.

So she's put me in this pond
And she comes by once a day
To say 'Hello Chortle'
And toss some food my way.

Sometimes when she's in the mood
She puts me out among the flowers
While she sits and reads
Or paints, or something, for hours.

When she's had enough of that
I go back to my pond
She's built a little bridge for me
There are some spots of which I'm fond.

But on the whole I'm lonely
There's no one here like me
I don't have anyone to talk to
No friends or family.

Why don't humans think before
They go out an capture
An innocent animal
And take it out of nature?

Don't they know some are meant
To be wild, not domesticated
It's not rocket science, humans
It's not complicated.

Some of us are meant as pets
And some are just not
And I'm one of the misfits
Reconciling with my lot.