I'd end it "to rescue/ another stray."
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>From: Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 11, 2014 1:54 PM
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>Subject: Re: 'Death of Henry'
>
>Lovely sad reflections. Works quite well for me.
>
>Ken
>
>On 6/11/2014 5:38 AM, Max Richards wrote:
>> Death of Henry
>>
>> My ex-wife Jay's dog Henry, which
>> after a riverside spat with horses
>>
>> spent months at the pound
>> waiting for the law to rule in his favour,
>>
>> was walking that same river
>> path the other day
>>
>> when he faltered, lay
>> down and died.
>>
>> Old enough, for a dog.
>> Bystanders tried CPR
>>
>> and even offered mouth-to-mouth.
>> Exit Henry, beyond help.
>>
>> Our daughter Jen says
>> Jay is bereft.
>>
>> In a few weeks’ time, the two
>> will check dogs for adoption
>>
>> at Lort Smith Animal Hospital
>> and the RSPCA.
>>
>> It dawns on me -
>> I used to be
>>
>> much in the role of Jay's dog,
>> on-leash - better fed - exercise-companion;
>>
>> in the latter years I’d become
>> as silent as a dog.
>>
>> But when I left, there was
>> no Lort Smith from which
>>
>> to rescue some stray
>> replacement spouse.
>>
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