If you love something, set it free.

"If you love something set it free, if it comes back to you it's yours, if not it never was".

It's a popular saying but not always practical advice. For instance, I loved a rabies-infected dingo.

The place I set it free was a kindergarten. There were some interesting finger-paintings that day. Mainly due to the blood. Oh so much blood.

In a sense, that dingo did come back to me. When the police finally arrived they shot the shit out of it and brought me the carcass to dispose of. It was very upsetting - I loved that crazy thing. And I'd just seen several infants savagely bitten to death.

The other sense in which it came back was less physical. It's still with me today - law suits, class actions, fines, restraining orders and medication. It lives on not only through my memories but also in my dreams. In that sense my beloved dingo will always be with me.

Good night, sweet prince.