My Most Loyal Pup

Bingo, my most loyal pup, she popped up whenever my mood was down, to mop up the grief in my silence with a gulp of my tears seasoned with brine. Wherever my feet led, she trotted, night and day, she trailed my shadow. Her lids never closed till she heard my snore and up in a flash at my first morning yawn. One day she followed me to school— we both planned it without my Mum's consent, I walked ahead, she darted in front and back of me— and everywhere around me with joy. First time crossing the expressway, she roamed the yard till the watchman chased her out, we waved goodbye—her final one— before a car crushed her on the way back home.
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