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Dog Talk Jim Culleny A short-haired yellow mutt standing at the side of the road wearing a day-glow orange scarf round his neck so as not to get whacked steps boldly out as I approach as if to test for interspecies respect. I slow and stop, roll my window down, and bark, "Cool scarf." He turns on his heel, lifts his leg to pee on a wheel, then trots up the hill to his house for a little water and chow wondering where his day went, then circles the rug twice looking for that sweet spot, drops and dreams and barks in his sleep thanking me for my compliment.

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