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GUNNY ............By M.Simons
HIS NAME WAS GUNNY-A DEARLY LOVED PET
HE BELONGED TO A SOLDIER-A VIETNAM VET
TWENTY YEARS AND TWO TOURS IN NAM
THE VET RETURNED-NOT THE SAME MAN
BROKEN AND NERVOUS WITH P.T.S.D.
KEPT TO HIMSELF--HE WAS LONELY
A FRIEND GAVE HIM A PUP ONE DAY
HE TOOK IT HOME-COME WHAT MAY
A GUNNERY SERGEANT IN THE MARINE CORPS
HIS RANK HE'D NAME HIM-THAT'S FOR SURE
LONG HAIRED SHEPHERD-HUGE HE GREW TO BE
GUNNY AND THE VET-QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE
ALWAYS TOGETHER-THEY WOULD WALK MANY TIMES
THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND UP IN THE PINES
GUNNY WAS LOYAL FOR SO MANY YEARS
THEN HE GOT SICK-THE VET WAS IN TEARS
HE CARED FOR HIS DOG-DID ALL THAT HE COULD
AFRAID TO LOOSE HIM-AWARE THAT HE WOULD
THE VET NURSED GUNNY FOR THREE MORE YEARS
THEN ONE DAY HE WAS FACED WITH HIS FEARS
GUNNY COULD NO LONGER WALK RUN OR PLAY
RELEASE ME FROM PAIN-HIS FACE SEEMED TO SAY
HE LICKED THE VET'S HAND THEN GAVE A SAD SIGH
THE VET KNEW IT WAS OVER-TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
HE WALKED TO THE PHONE OVERCOME WITH SORROW
THIS WAS IT---THERE WOULD BE NO TOMORROW
PLEASE HELP MY DOG-TO THE DOCTOR HE CRIED
GUNNY IS HURTING-HE CAN'T GET UP-HE TRIED
SO THAT SAME DAY THE VETERINARIAN CAME
KNOWING THEM BOTH-SHE THOUGHT WHAT A SHAME
AS SHE PREPARED-HER EYES FILLED WITH TEARS
SHE WAS GUNNY'S DOCTOR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS
KINDLY AND GENTLY SHE PUT GUNNY TO SLEEP
THE BIG TOUGH STRONG VET STARTED TO WEEP
KNOWING THAT GUNNY'S SPIRIT HAD DEPARTED
CRADLED HIS DOG IN HIS ARMS-BROKENHEARTED
WITH A ROUGHLY MADE COFFIN AND SLEEPING BAG
GUNNY WAS BURIED WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG
THE VIETNAM VET--CHOKED WITH TEARS
SALUTED HIS FRIEND OF SO MANY YEARS
THEN HE LOOKED UP TOWARDS THE SKY
SADLY HE WHISPERED--SO LONG--SEMPI FI
copyright1997
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This is a dedication to my husband and his beloved dog.
Gunny died in March 1997.
He was 13 years old
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