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12/28/82 - 6/24/98 (photo taken 6/23/98)

WAITING

Author: Vicki Maher, Written 10/13/98

Reprinted with permission

He’s waiting for me.
Left paw tucked up in front,
Back legs out behind.
Impudent look on his face.
Ears pricked perfectly to hear my command.

At 15½ he had to leave me.
Some say a good, long life.
I wish for one more day, week, year.
Inconsolable without him.

Last night as I got into bed
I heard him bark twice
From the hall by the stairs.
But he’s not there.

It was that Schipperke bark.
The quick, low, fretting kind.
Like barking with mouth shut.
A precursor to a real bark.

I know I heard him.
But I didn’t go look.
There is a wooden box containing his ashes,
A portrait, a candle, a Best In Show medal.

But he’s not there.

Or is he? 

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