We had a long crazy day, so I got the prompt late. This was all I could come up with...but I got it done today!
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The old man we brought home
You were for me, but you weren’t a “kid” dog
Right away you were mom’s dog
Eventually you tolerated my presence
And over the years you became just one of the family
As you watched other animals arrive and leave
I imagined the speech you gave them –
“I’ve seen ‘em come and I’ve seem ‘em go,
but I’m the king around here.”
You even witnessed my departure
With that practiced eye of yours
I doubt my leaving alarmed you
It was mom you loved and mom you pined for
Those long nights when she was away
Waiting right in the big front window
And she loved you always dearly
Never complaining of your presence at her feet
Mourning for you deeply the day you left this earth
Though you were bought for me
And brought home to be mine
It was mom you were truly meant fo
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