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I Died Today. By Duke Roberts.
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And I ate a lot of hamburgers. We had a party.
My friends from next door came to see me. They’re twins. When someone offered them one of my hamburgers, one said, “No thank you. I don’t want to take any from Dukey.”
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Kristen came to see me. She’s a hoot. She’s my groomer. And my buddy.
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While we were waiting for the vet to come, Kristen said we were going for a walk. Then someone said, “How about a play in the water at the splash park down the street?” So off we went!
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“You know I’m going to miss you, right?”
I listened to the kids play off in the distance. And thought about my two babies at home. I loved protecting them.
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I said goodbye to my beautiful friend Kira. She “saw” me standing over everybody before the doctor said it was time. I was jumping happy.
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God, I was lucky. Our time was short. But you both gave me a second chance, we lived it up together. You love when I look at you. I’ll never stop.
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