After the accident
we were disconsolate
for a little while.

Then, when the android parts were grafted on,
we started getting pretty consolate
after all.

Our little buddy began to come back to us
little by little
in the shape he was before
and soon
when the automatic upgrades began updating
the hardware just went places we didn’t imagine.

His eyesight improved.
He ran stronger.
He could smell from a greater distance
and urine proved iridescent
(We never understood what update
caused that).

It’s like every seven years
your body replaces all the old parts
and grows anew
but he had become something fresh far sooner
with all of his improvements.

We may miss the old Henry
with the four legs and the four feets
and the no assassin attachments
but better to have one Henry
than no Henrys, you know?