~ ~~DEAR MARLENE~~
ON A SEPTEMBER MORNING IN TWO THOUSAND THREE
I ANSWERED A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
AND THERE STOOD A WOMAN WHO WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE
IN WAYS LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
I INVITED HER IN AND WE SAT RIGHT DOWN.
WE TALKED FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER.
BY THE END OF THAT TIME WE'D BECOME BEST FRIENDS
LIKE SISTERS WHO'D GROWN UP TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE SEEN ME WITH TAMI AT SO TIMES
WHEN I'VE THROWN UP MY HANDS IN DESPAIR.
YOU OFFERED YOUR SHOULDER TO CRY ON,
DRIED MY TEARS AND SHOWED ME YOU CARED.
YOU EVEN BROUGHT ME MY OTHER BEST FRIEND,
A SIX WEEK OLD BALL OF WHITE FUR!
YOU TOOK CARE OF US BOTH WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE,
CAN'T REPLACE EITHER ONE OF YOU, FOR SURE!
FIRST STOP EVERY MORNING WAS BREAKFAST,
SOON COCO'S WOULD KNOW US WELL!
WE WOULD SIT AND TALK FOR HOURS ON END
ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL!!
EVERYDAY AN ADVENTURE, WE JUST NEVER KNEW
WHERE THAT SPECIAL FOUR HOURS WOULD TAKE US.
THANK GOD HE WAS WATCHING OVER US BOTH
FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION HE SHOWED US!
WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT YOU, MY FRIEND?
LIFE WILL BE BORING, YOU KNOW?
WHO WILL WAKE ME BY PHONE EVERY MORNING?
TO WAL~MART WITH WHOM WILL I GO?!!
WE'VE FORGED A DEEP FRIENDSHIP THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS,
IT IS ONE THAT IS RARE TO FIND.
IT IS ONE THAT IS WORTHY OF CALLING BEST FRIENDS.
IT IS CERTAINLY ONE~OF~A~KIND!!
~~LUV U LIZ~~
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