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My good friend Amanda wrote this for me - it was a wonderful birthday gift.

They say she’s a dog, just a dog can’t you see

She can’t understand what you want her to be

She barks and she bites to protect her domain

While the people around you call her insane

Those people can’t imagine a connection so deep

Or her trust in her mommy with kisses so sweet

At first she was damaged, a pound puppy girl

Til you rescued her, loved her and made her your world

She ran and she jumped and she flew like the wind

With her wings of devotion right up to the end

They say she was scary but you knew she was bluffin

Cause she’s Roxannie Bannanie, your sweet little muffin

Bunnyrabbit and Boo and Nanner you called,

Her to show you her snarly face, please kittycatdog

Her Duck was her favorite, her most cherished toy

But no toy could replace, her Bubba, her Joy

They say she’s a dog, just a dog can’t you see

She can’t understand what you want her to be

You’re just a human so you’ll never see

What its like to be loved without limits, unconditionally

She was there by your side with silent content

And you can’t ever imagine, a time better spent

She lives within your heart now, so full of precious memories

Just waiting for her mommy, to also be set free

She knows when mommy joins her, they both will be carefree

To run, to jump, to love each other as it was always meant to be

They say she’s a dog, just a dog can’t you see

She can’t understand what you want her to be

You say she was pure, with you she was free

To be just herself, who she wanted to be

Her soft velvet ears, her stubby tail wagging, all the world could see

but the light in her eyes, which twinkled like stars, grew brighter just for me

She twirls now in circles on clouds Heavenly

Feeling love and affection for Eternity.

She’s not just a dog, she’s Roxannie to me

She’s not just a dog, she was my Family