Dear Joey, friend of Earth and Springbank,
you taught us many things.
How to wake each morning.
How to live among the trees,
enjoy breakfast with your friends,
snuggle with Trina in the night.

Thomas Merton told us about you,
And he was correct:
“Every four-legged creature is a saint.”
Goodbye, dear friend,
as you dance among the trees,
and be at peace, be at peace