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No Dog

My hand twitches to throw a stick. It’s dumb to wait for a stick that has not been thrown or cannot now be fetched, yet I do for a little while; the silence that returns is called: no dog.

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Date: 8/1/2020 3:17:00 PM
This resonates with me. I kept stepping over the empty space when my first dog died. I promptly filled it. (I now know I am a serial dog owner) xomo
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Eric Ashford
Date: 8/1/2020 3:43:00 PM
Thanks again PT, yep dogs often fill a hole in our lives, a gap we thought did not exist until they were gone. Much appreciate your comments here. e

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