Dini is old
Dini looks sad
she trembles when
she sits and shakes
when she stands her back legs
don’t always obey – I’ve had
to prop her up more
than once, watch her
scurry before
she
falls
flat.
But she eats
all her treats and
some of her food she won’t
come inside but still
does her poo and once
in a while we still see a
slight twitch in a tail that
used to wag and wag.
I hate playing
God in situations like
this do we
send her to
heaven or let
her hang on?
How kind if she
died in her
sleep – with that sweet
Dini smile on her face – to save
me the fateful decision – to save
all the wondering and guessing – once you
give the vet the go, there’s no turning
back Oh Dini, my
sweet Phoebladini.
Please tell me what you want me
to do –
let you hang on to squeeze the last
pleasures out of life – or has life
already squeezed
the last pleasures out of you?
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Phoebe “Dini” Gargulinski in her younger days.
