Offlist: RE: NP- BECAUSE I MUST.......

[Ghetta Life]

Charles,

I'm sorry for your loss.  We get so briefly to share their lives and love.  
I know how much I love mine, and I dread the day I’ll loose them…

Sincerely,
David Morris

>From: "Charles Albert" <cfalbert at gmail.com>
>
>* The Power of the Dog*
>
>    THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill
>    our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always
>    arrange for more? Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving
>    your heart to a dog to tear.
>
>    Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie-- 
>Perfect
>    passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
>Nevertheless
>    it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
>
>    When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or
>    tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal
>    chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find--it's your own affair--
>But...you've
>    given your heart for a dog to tear.
>
>    When the body that lived at your single will, With its whimper of
>    welcome, is stilled (how still!); When the spirit that answered your
>    every mood Is gone--wherever it goes--for good, You will discover how
>    much you care, And will give your heart for the dog to tear.
>
>    We've sorrow enough in the natural way, When it comes to burying
>    Christian clay. Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound
>    interest of cent per cent. Though it is not always the case, I
>    believe, That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve: For,
>    when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-time loan is as bad as
>    a long-- So why in Heaven (before we are there) Should we give our
>    hearts to a dog to tear? *Rudyard Kipling*
>
>Rest in peace, Zulu, my beloved King of Dogs.....
>
>love,
>cfa

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