Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Rags Comments

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We called him 'Rags.' He was just a cur,
But twice, on the Western Line,
That little old bunch of faithful fur
Had offered his life for mine.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
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Bernie Siegel, MD 06 June 2019

o know the story as a doctor and my dog is named Rags to honor him

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Beernard Siegel, MD 23 February 2019

our dog is named Rags after this poem. as a doctor it broke my heart. i love animals my book of collected stories Love, Animals & Miracles tells it all about the Siegel Zoo and other people's stories too.

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calvin 18 June 2018

I remember this poem from my childhood. It touched me then and it moves me now. Today our family pet was decommissioned... four-legged fealty at its finest.

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