"Reggie"

“Reggie” Remember when we first met? I remember how ecstatically you sat. Eager to see what trouble you could get into next, I remember the first necklace I put around your neck. You were cool, I was cool, we were cool. Wake me up in the morning with that morning breath drool. We ate together every morning and we never skipped a beat, Road in mom’s car, sometimes we took the front seat. Runs through the park and walks on the beach, We knew each other so well, I started to understand your speech. I remember when the rosey red blood the spewed down your leg, When that truck hit you "Sorry Reggie" I said. If I could I would cop a time machine, And save you from the accident and create a new scene. When you bled, I bled and we bled the bright red droplets. I still fill your water up, Same spot it's always been. In hope that one day, it'll get drank And you'll return again. Wipe out everything, I don't need it, it's whatever. Just know that you’re the best dog, and there isn't one better. I keep you alive in the elegy, but only figuratively, Just know you were my top dog, and I mean that, literally.