DUKE A.K.A DUKEY DUKEMS. CARMEL FAT, WILD KITTY STATIS POWELL. BOY! WHAT A LONG NAME. AS YOU CAN SEE HE HAD MANY NICKNAMES. WHERE DO I BEGIN? I GOT DUKE FROM MY MOMS WORK IN MAY OF 06. I REMEMBER THIS, BECAUSE I HAD BROKEN MY ANKLE. HE WAS SUCH A LITTLE GUY. DUKE WAS MY EVERYTHING. MY BEST FRIEND. I TOLD DUKE EVERYTHING. HE ALWAYS LISTEN AND ALWAYS HAD AN SMILE AS I DID.( SO IT SEEMED) IT WAS LIKE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS SAYING. DUKE LOVED MY M OMS DOG RILEE RAE AND VICE A VERSA. THEY WOULD PLAY FOR HOURS. WE WOULD ALL SIT AROUND AND WATCH THEM BATTLE IT OUT. AT THE END THEY WOULD KISS AND MAKE UP. DUKES PERSONALITY WAS THE BEST. HE WOULD WAIT TO BE LET OUT EVERY MORNING AND AS HE LEFT THE ROOM, IT WAS LIKE HE WOULD SAY SEE YOU SOON.( TALKING WAS DUKE SPECIALTY) HE TALKED TO US ALL THE TIME. DUKE WOULD GO OUT IN THE MORNINGS.. BUT BY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS
DROPPED MY BROTHER AND I OFF AT THE HOUSE…
DUKE WOULD BE ON HIS TABLE WAITING FOR US, WAGGING HIS TAIL AS IF TO SAY, I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU! WE HAD DUKE FOR TWO YEARS. HE ALWAYS CAME HOME UNTIL ONE NIGHT. YOU SEE WE LIVE IN THE DESERT., ON TWO ACRES. WE HAVE ALOT OF COYOTES AROUND OUR PLACE. I’M AFRAID THAT DUKE DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK IN THE FENCED YARD. NOW SOME OF YOU MAY ASK, WHY DID I LET HIM OUT? DUKE LOVED THE OUTDOORS! DUKE WOULD ALWAYS BRING THE OUT DOORS IN. MY DAD AND BROTHER WOULD ALWAYS GO SNAKE HUNTING(NO HARM TO THE SNAKES) AND DUKE WOULD BRING THE SNAKES INTO THE HOUSE.
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT TO EXCEPT WHEN WE CAME HOME. IT WAS ALMOST A GAME.HE WOULD COME INTO THE GARAGE AND VISIT WITH US WHEN WE HAD BOND FIRES. HE WOULD JUST LAY AROUND WITH THE DOGS. AS LONG AS HE WAS BY US HE WAS HIS HAPPIEST. I’M AM SO SORRY DUKE, THAT YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT HOME. I WOULD GIVE THING TO HOLD YOU ONE MORE TIME!!!! I LOVE YOU DUKE!!! IT’S HARD TO WRITE THRU MY TEARS. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!!!!!!
FOREVER IN MY HEART,
| DUKE |
| KAYLA POWELL |