It seems a year or two at most that Luke has been around, <br />But nine have passed since first I spied him at the Brisbane pound. <br />He stood in dogdom's big house, all ears and tongue and smile, <br />The model of a friendly dog, without a trace of guile. <br /> <br />'Please, that one in the second cage, with the german shepherd look! ' <br />The attendant riffled pages, and he found him in his book. <br />'It says that he's half kelpie and he called Carina home, <br />And that his name is Luke, and that he sometimes likes to roam.' <br /> <br />'Here, boy! ' I called, and here he came, and without hesitation <br />His tail a hairy question mark; would he improve his station? <br />I hope I did, in our short time, improve his life as he has mine. <br />I've seldom known so loyal a friend, nor dreamed of how soon it would end. <br /> <br />He's sure done all those doggy things that dogs are famous for. <br />He's barked at all
