Agree.
But also agree that it deadpans so well.
Ouch.
Doug
On Jun 11, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'd end it "to rescue/ another stray."
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Jun 11, 2014 1:54 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 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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