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M7 lleat.r do .. not c.-e. I wait and watcb Hoping to bear tbe tapp1Dg or bia cane,

Hop ing to aee his wheel chair at the door,

Boping to reel hie band upon my bee4.

But daya so by--1110rn1Dg and noon and n1cbt-­

AD4 eUll be doee not c,_.. 1111 loD&iDg growa,

Reaelllber1Dg a.ll tbe dally Joye we ebarad;

For one--an doge baTe aany memories;

Good rood, warm bed and healthy exercise;

The way my master fondly pulled my ears,

And ran his band along my neck and back•

Tbe word of comradesbip, the tew rebukes;

SoMtiloea to bear bill aay •rala, good dos•;

.Lnd ell tbe elmple pl easures the t I knew.

But beet of all was sitting at bie teet

Inhaling all the well-known household -.ella.

What curious odors foreign shoea brought 1nl

Moat or thoee others in their way ~were kind;

GaTe ae a pat 1n pass1Dg, btt I knew

1111 place waa not in tba wide world ot MD,

But Juet to be eontant witb llaatar near.

Bow good be •a• I Soae great occa aiona eaaa-­

Tbe t ripe we took togatber, ba and I,

r or be bad but to call and I to atart .

"Let rala come", said be, end bJ hie aide,

~· ·~rely rolled the car throucb crowded -.,a, ProwUy a little dOC ~ l'ala aat

On tbe -Joulll- u tba Clllef of l ka.

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J:yeo brightened. Banda were raieed 1a qlliot ll&l.a~

~~ Kaster, Ob1D ~t abowed by bi a Clad .aile

Hi e neighborly good-will to all tbe world,

Those days are gone. I wait. Be doe• ..,t oOM.

The •eme routine goea on--eat , sleep, and walt-­

~d wbat 11 lett now I aa getting old,,

The spring ia here, e aeaaon that he lo•ed;

The boueebold tbat I ebarad ie acattered tar,

Tbey•re kind to me becauae I waa bia doc,

But no one takes my m,ater •o ploce wttll-.

some day 1a11 aee a gre~t big Wbito bouae door,

Bear that bel oved voice say ~ala. come."

Belen E . Diller Bock Bill . s .o .

May 12, 1947

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