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The Eulogy

“The Eulogy”…a letter to my 14-year-old coonhound puppy to whom I have to say goodbye tomorrow. Not really poetry…but every word is from the very depths of my mourning soul. And I know I’m not the only one to lament and weep over the loss of a beloved dog. (Signed and postdated for tomorrow as well, because I already know I won’t be able to do so after the fact.) This has been the hardest week of my life…I still stand by my belief that it is more difficult to lose a pet than it is to lose a person.…

Daily Haiku #11

  I’ll never be accustomed to the realities of pet ownership, no matter how many times I experience it. For Buford, my Boo Boo, I am not ready for you to leave me. Only yesterday I was putting you through puppy classes. Where has the time gone? Long ago I was your elder, but now the roles have reversed. I dread the day you’ll breathe your last;  I already miss you.    

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