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When I clipped your nails too close
Blood dripped
Never a whine or a yelp
A hug and a pat
Forgive me
And you did

When you turned white
With pups in your belly
I carried your pale body to the vet
I said come home
And you did

When your white locks turned bright red
From a cyst
I said don’t you go yet
Wait to come to our new home
And you did

Before I left
I trimmed your hair
And whispered, wait for me
Alas your old heart could not
At last at home you are

Tricky has left us: 9/9/09.