No more sweet noodling
from the velveteen muzzle,
no more the ears made of silk.
Gone the shivery joy of
that full-body welcome;
gone too
those dark caramel eyes.
Goodbye,
you killer of weeds extraordinaire,
you mouse hunting, grape loving
peanut butter freak.
No other living thing
will ever love me
as simply and wholly
as you did.
I will miss you in this world
More than I can say.
I wonder – did you hear,
just at the moment
your body came to rest?
Every other dog in the place began to howl...
Urging you on,
feeling you go;
and then
you
were.
Jack - 1/1999 - 1/2006
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I'm so sorry, Brown Shoes, at your loss of Jack. It is so hard to say goodbye to a being that loves you with such abandon. I can only hope that there will be another one to come along that is as dear as your Jack.
I wish I could call you, but I'm afraid all I'd do is cry. Wish I knew what to say.
Came home today from work to find a brand new book used as a chew-toy. Initially pissed; after five full minutes of silence I had to take her in my arms and tell her how much I love her anyway. And ask her what was it about Lucy Grealy she didn't care for.
Oh. I just don't know what to say.
So sorry for your loss. As we watch our 12 and a half year old dog, Chester, struggle with seizures and a brain tumor, I can only hope he dies quickly when the time comes. For the epigraph in the front one of my favorite books, "Sight Hound" the author quotes Jane Hirschfield: "Hope is the hardest love we carry." I think of that often when I don't know what to hope for with Chester.
I feel your loss deeply and I know that Jack is romping with my former dog, Abbie somewhere in a field of dog cookies and toys. Abbie would have loved Jack...and Chester, when he gets there, will love him, too.
Sorry to hear it, 'L'. Kay escorted Dakota to his last act .... and spared me the pain of it .... now and then I come across pictures of him and my heart skips a beat. It's not natural that an individual from another species would have an emotional claim on us ... but so much for 'not natural'.
What a loss. Jack was a remakable soul, and a good friend to you and all who were lucky enough to meet him. I'm so sorry.
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