Brittany by Zona

THIS POEM IS FOR
BRITTANY (MY ROTTWEILER)
WHO POSSESSED BEAUTY
WITHOUT VANITY
STRENGTH WITHOUT INSOLENCE
COURAGE WITHOUT FEROCITY AND
ALL OF THE VIRTUES OF MAN
WITHOUT HIS VICES.

THIS PRAISE WHICH WOULD BE BUT
UNMEANING FLATTERY IF INSCRIBED
FOR A HUMAN IS BUT JUST A TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORY OF A SPECIAL FRIEND.

SHE IS GREATLY MISSED.

ZONA BROWN

 

Brittany
18, June 2001
Zona