Zenki.......

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Brownie she was, but named her Zenki

Chasing her tail, she was pretty funny

Yelping and barking at every passing sound

Bringing much laughter to kids around

Pampered and cared, she loved to play

 Catching the ball with kids on a sunny day

Craving for attention on days that rained

Till the kids gave it endlessly she whined

Giving mirth to kids back from class

She loved to roll joyously on the grass

Dreaming of fun with meaty bone

And of the cookies often thrown

She was much loved by every kid

And treated like a baby splendid

Giving her bath that made her happy

And she in turn licked with tongue very slimy

Then on one fateful day, she ran into the woods

We don’t know in what varying moods

Till we found her lying in the rice plain

Almost breathless and blue, frothing with pain

 The culprit we knew was a venomous viper

As we saw it hurriedly into the bushes slither

Alas as the venom spread she breathed her last

With her soulful gaze on my kids held steadfast

She sadly left us all, after 10 years of playing with my kids. Whenever we see one like her on the streets, it reminds us of the loving and playful Zenki. My kids christened her  Zenki, a cartoon character very familiar to them, if I were not mistaken.

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