{"id":139143,"date":"2023-09-03T00:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T04:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=139143"},"modified":"2023-09-03T00:50:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T04:50:29","slug":"poquito-oso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/poquito-oso\/","title":{"rendered":"Poquito Oso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smallest of the litter,<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t want him at first,<\/p>\n

my eyes on his bigger sister,<\/p>\n

but he won us over with his determined fight<\/p>\n

as he pushed to get to the food bowl,<\/p>\n

trying to make his way through<\/p>\n

the mass of other wiggling puppies.<\/p>\n

His color was unusual,<\/p>\n

a soft gray, or a \u201cblue\u201d,<\/p>\n

and his fur a little softer and longer,<\/p>\n

so in the end,<\/p>\n

we happily went home with him.<\/p>\n

As a puppy,<\/p>\n

his tiny little body was small enough<\/p>\n

to fit in the pocket of a shirt,<\/p>\n

and he did handstands at the food bowl<\/p>\n

because he was to short to otherwise reach inside.<\/p>\n

What he lacked in stature<\/p>\n

he certainly made up for in doggy charm and charisma.<\/p>\n

He saw a few of our other dogs come and go,<\/p>\n

but always in his mind,<\/p>\n

he was the king of the house.<\/p>\n

He reached a maximum weight of seven or so pounds,<\/p>\n

but it was the loudest seven pounds you\u2019d ever seen,<\/p>\n

all heart and personality.<\/p>\n

Our little blue boy was always there to greet us when we came home,<\/p>\n

and he wanted to be wherever we were in the house.<\/p>\n

He loved car rides,<\/p>\n

and the drive thru windows were his favorite,<\/p>\n

he loved to show off and get attention,<\/p>\n

but I\u2019m pretty sure the treats he got were what he enjoyed the most.<\/p>\n

But, no matter how big his heart,<\/p>\n

and how strong his soul,<\/p>\n

even he couldn\u2019t escape the inevitable.<\/p>\n

My heart still breaks<\/p>\n

thinking about how much I miss his furry face.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an empty hole in our lives<\/p>\n

and in our bed<\/p>\n

where he used to be,<\/p>\n

but he
\nwill never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

His little pawprints<\/p>\n

have left their tracks across our hearts<\/p>\n

and will never be erased.\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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