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Dominoe

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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DOMINOE

I WAS IN BETWEEN, FIERCELY INDEPENDENT, HAD SOME MONEY SAVED UP AND TIME BEFORE I WENT WEST

MY ROOMMATE CALLED

SOMEONE FOUND A RUNAWAY DOG. DOMINOE

Named her after the damsel in "Sharkey's Machine"

MALNOURISHED

SKITTISH, AFRAID OF A RAISED HAND

WE WALKED IN THE WOODS

SHE ALWAYS FOLLOWING A FEW YARDS AWAY. MY BUDDY.

WALKED IN THE AUTUMN LEAVES

ONE DAY WE DROVE FARTHER

MET AN OLD FRIEND

WE CHATTED 15 MINUTES, AND I TURNED AROUND

SHE WAS GONE

I was hours running up and down the trail, crying out her name. I was worthless. I could take care of myself, but no one else. Worthless.

DARKNESS

I would camp out, return the next day.

I would do this everyday until I found her.

Every day.

I CRIED BACK TO THE CAR

AND THERE SHE WAS, WAITING FOR ME

MORE THAN JUST MYSELF

MY AWARENESS BECAME A CIRCLE OF RESPONSIBILITY

WE DROVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

LOOKED AROUND

HAD ADVENTURES

SAW NEW EXCITING LANDS

IN ARIZONA

MADE A HOME

We parted permanently. But I never forget what I learned that day in the woods.

DOMINOE