“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.