"You've been taken to the VET"
That's what the sudden text said
...the only notice we were to get!
Friend, you one-eyed grayscale Gyp!
crazy crankie Collie
locked-on in puppyhood to one
who was not the humans who took you home!
All your life you pinned
vying for the attention of a non-stranger
repeatedly heart-broken
each time you returned home from the walk
with tail between legs.
Wise old Dog
14-year specialist survivor
pack leader
(till Shanti came along to wind you up)
explorer of the wilderness
soft suffering spirit
You were not yet spent!
I didn't realise when I saw you last week - did you?
I thought we had longer.
BUT the vet is a GOD!!!
goddamn RIGHT!
and when he gives the nod
what do gullible humans do?
but sod
all to forestall the NEEDLEss sword!
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