Pedal Wench, please don't second guess yourself. If you thought Dizzie was there, he very likely WAS. I don't know about everyone else's beliefs, but I know we've seen, heard, felt Smokey. I have photos that I was taking of our two cats hanging out on the back of the couch recently and smack dab next to/on top of one of the girls, is an orb in the photo. I didn't see it until after I took the digital photo, but I know it was Smokey hanging out on the back of the couch with the other two cats, guessing he wanted the sweet spot that one of the girls had. I know they interact with unseen objects etc quite often, so I'm guessing they sense/see him as well. It doesn't freak us out, but when you feel him rub up against your leg, you get a warm fuzzy feeling just like when he was with us on this plane.
For those with different belief systems, I believe the poem can be altered to read for whatever your version of paradise/the afterlife would be. I know that Smokey will be waiting at the Rainbow Bridge to the Summerlands.