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| MERCI - stray, rescued in Memphis (TN) |
I shall wear Turquoise and soft gray sweatshirts...
and a bandana
over my silver hair.....
and I shall spend my social security checks on
sweet wine and my dogs......
and sit
in my house on my well-worn chair
and listen to my dogs' breathing.
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| CHARA - stray, rescued in Nashville (TN) |
I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night
and take my
dogs for a run, if my old bones will allow...
and when people come to call,
I will smile and nod as I show them
my dogs...
and talk of them and about them...
The ones so beloved of the past
and the ones so beloved of today....
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| HALYN - stray, rescued in Chattanooga (TN) |
I still will work hard cleaning
after them
and mopping and feeding them
and whispering their names in a soft, loving way.
I will wear the gleaming
sweat on my throat, like a jewel
and I will be an embarrassment to all...
including my family...
who have not
yet found the peace
in being free to have dogs as your BEST FRIENDS....
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| PICASSO - rescued from Chattanooga (TN) Humane Society |
These friends who always wait,
at any hour, for your footfall...
and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep,
to greet you as if you are
a god.
With warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will stay
and hug their big, strong necks...
and
kiss their dear sweet heads...
and whisper to their very special company....
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| KENYON - owner surrender (TN) |
I look in the mirror...
and see I am getting old....
this
is the kind of woman I am...
and have always been.
Loving dogs is easy,
they are part of me,
accept me
for who I am,
my dogs appreciate my presence in their lives...
when I am old this will be important to me...
you will understand when you are old....
and if you have dogs to love too. ~Author
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