Such a loss

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I don't know what to say, but, that he came with a bunch of his crew, the most sickly among them. His captain was a feral miss that wandered in with a bad attitude at a time when I was lost at sea, but, never really alone. When his lot came, I aided them and gave them a place to call home. For four years and maybe eleven months he was one of my companions, perhaps the most important one of them, not that any of them could be unwoven from the tapestry of my life with no consequence.

He'd wake me up at the most inconvenient time every day without fail wanting me to feed him, and, I'd try to go back to sleep and make him wait, because if he didn't wait, he would only come back earlier in the evening endlessly wanting to eat. I used to feed him three times a day until that terrible day he came home only to lay in the basement and cry. His right hip joint broken beyond repair as I found out later from the vet after an x-ray I had them do.

He stuck around another couple of years after that, but, for some unknown reason left without returning earlier this month on the 13th. I doubt if he left willingly. Perhaps hit by a car, perhaps killed fighting a racoon. For an unknown reason I decided to take a picture of him lying on top of me as he did so many times before.

Goodbye Buddy by druid69

So, the best friend ever, and, this was pretty much the last time I saw him. Good bye my friend.
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kaareena's avatar
I'm so sorry for your loss. Pets are as much our family as humans are. I feel for you. It gets easier, but your heart will always miss him <3