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IN REMEMBRANCE by Ed Kostro
“One need not be a chamber to be haunted; Emily Dickinson
Almost a year has now passed I’m still remembering their pain So many of their lives and mine Will never ever again be the same
This monster storm took far too much From so many souls that most horrific day May one like her never come stalking them again May none of them ever again be so forgotten this way
Somewhere between 600,000 and One Million Companion animals were abandoned in this hurricane Slightly over 12,000 of them were eventually rescued The rest lost in her howling winds and her devastating rain
Those surviving forced to somehow fend for themselves And it was the haunted look in far too many of their eyes That will live on in my mind for the rest of my natural days That still makes so many of us who went there still want to cry
But I also have some extremely fond everlasting remembrances Of extremely dedicated rescue volunteers from all over our planet Who helped each other cope with the horrific images we all beheld Renewing our vows to never take our earthly neighbours for granted ©2006, Mr. Ed The linked slideshow below Was produced by my friends At The Animal Ark Shelter In Hastings, Minnesota
The terrified tiny white dog Shown in the very last picture Was found lying cuddled against The dead body of its human owner
This dog suffered chemical burns Over most of its emaciated body But its emotional scars were far worse
And we can only attempt to imagine What its human companion endured
May None of Us Ever Forget - Ever Again That All Life on Our Planet is Truly Precious And Renew our Compassion and our Kindness Towards All of Our Many Diverse Earth Neighbours http://www.animalarkshelter.org/katrina/Katrina.html For more of Ed's wonderful stories, poems and articles, please go to his index page: Be sure to check out Ed's websites. http://edkostro.home.comcast.net/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
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