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 |   So this is where we part, My Friend,and you'll run on, around the bend,
 gone from sight, but not from mind,
 new pleasures there you'll surely find.
 
 I will go on, I'll find the strength,
 life measures quality, not its length.
 One long embrace before you leave,
 share one last look, before I grieve.
 
 There are others, that much is true,
 but they be they, and they aren't you.
 And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,
 will remember well all you've taught.
 
 Your place I'll hold, you will be missed,
 the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
 And as you journey to your final rest,
 take with you this........
 
  
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 Dedicated to the memory of our
         friend Dion Campbell's Boxer boy, "Caesar." Copyright Jim Willis 2001tiergarten@onebox.com
 **We expect the first book of Jim's
       collected writings to be publishedaround Feb. 14, 2002: "PIECES OF MY HEART - Writings Inspired by
       Animals and Nature"
 
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