alias Jonnie Controletti,
who all his life used
to hold his head high.
It harboured unusual
curiosity and intelligence
as well as
a chieftain mentality,
an elegant gait, swiftness
and decisiveness, combined
with an almost Italian temperament,
loyalty and attachment.
He seemed still young,
but wasn’t,
when his hind legs failed him,
kept holding his heavily
horned head high
for three more days,
until he couldn’t stand
lying, then
he moved on
and left us behind.