Wednesday, October 4, 2017

SNOOPY

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I was ignorant
He was my first

Slept with me
While my husband worked
All those creepy nights
Mornings I made him scrambled eggs
Never put him on a leash
Let him swim in the middle of the lake
I never knew about
Training
Cages
Or walls

No money
No veterinarian
No packaged foods.
All I knew how to exchange
Was love

In spite of me
He lived many happy years
When he died
 I cried
For days
 Embarrassed 
To grieve
So deeply
For "just a dog"

He was the beginning
Of my organic education
Now I know
Ignorance can seem like bliss
But most often
It's the core
Of human misbehavior
I'm still learning



(For Poets United.)

12 comments:

  1. We are all still learning.
    And there is no such thing as 'just a dog' (or cat). They are love personified and take a piece of us with them when they leave.

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  2. Oh how you have hit the nail on the head, my friend. We dont know what we dont know. But it sounds like Snoopy was well loved and had a lovely life. When the kids were young, we had a dog named Snoopy, too. I didnt know as much as I do now about animals, their needs and emotions. She was the beginning of my learning. Then came Pup. I grieved for seven and a half years, and miss him still.

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  3. I too had a dog who was sooo loyal back in the islands. I will have to say that dogs are the best-est friends a person can ever have, this is said from experience. Have a blessed night Myrna. Your dog sounds like he was a great dog.

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  4. Oh what a touching poem about men's best friend and snoopy was well loved

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  5. It sounds to me as if Snoopy had a wonderful life and, so did you. I still cry over my dead animals from the past because each was so unique and gave so much to me.

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  6. "just a dog"... in quotes.. says everything. Liked this one!

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  7. The attitude of learning is important, especially when caring for animals. I love your narration. I suspect the love described here--tho imperfect--is more than many give who "know" what to do.

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  8. So wonderful to know about Snoopy who really had a life well lived. A never failing friend.

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  9. Only 'just a dog'...I don't think so...a pet can give a person more love loyalty than they would receive from another human.A pet is often the only thing a person has to live for.

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  10. Oh my gosh, Myrna!! I love that photo of Snoopy. Was he a toy fox terrier? (Looks so much like my three!) And indeed I grieve when pets die as well. They are indeed family!

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  11. Yes, I too can think of things I wish I'd been much more aware of with some of my earlier pets – and yet, we were all happy and loving with each other.

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  12. All dog people know that there is no such thing as "just a dog." They steal your heart!

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