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GUARDIAN


Woofie
childhood playmate
confidante

yolk yellow fur
straw stuffing
brown paws
worn in spots
tortured by monster
boys next door

you watched during 
Easter egg hunts
drank invisible tea
from robin's egg cups

topaz  brown eyes
healed my young tragedies
taunts of being labelled four eyes 

my keeper 
watching over dreams

when abandoned you
maintained vigil 
over bedroom domain
through sun, snow

silently now you keep
order between
china cats and dogs

await granddaughter's 
summer tea parties
teddy bear
guest of honour

                   

copyright 1999 by G. Walker-Hobbs. This poem may be not reproduced without written permission from the author.

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