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\f0\fs36 \cf2 She finishes all the bacon treats\
innocent and willful to the last,\
I waiting for the vet to appear\
with Fatima's injection.\
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A sphinx on the floor,\'a0\
too big for my lap, she's poised\
paws forward, her dear black nose\
on one front leg, huge eyes shut\
while I expect them to open.\
Her sudden peace, her serenity, dim\
the memory of\'a0weeks of mournful gazes\
of incontinence\'a0and quivering wobbly legs.\
The vision of her great beauty,\
as she rests splendidly\
brings a flash of joy from times past.\
I see her breathing\
since\'a0for eighteen years\
i've never\'a0
\i not
\i0 \'a0known\
her ribs to rise and fall\
as if to assert\'a0
\i I'm all yours.
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But her heart has stopped.\
She folds her exotic being\
like a night flower at dawn.\
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\cf0 She remains a great beauty.\
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\f1\fs24 \cf3 Simone Swan
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