A LIFE
I never really knew any one like I once knew a canine
I anticipated her needs
She needed
food
pets
rest
love
encouragement
praise
correction
more pets
She needed
in such a full and unabashed way all the things
that every human being needs
When it was her time to die
she walked, better, stumbled in her geriatric and tumor-laden condition,
straight
toward it with no fear
She embodied what we hope for humans
a great life
an even better death
They are not so different
One does not even really exist
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