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Submitted to Contest #314
They continue to repeat that old cliché about the dog days of summer, but I see nothing to indicate that these days belong to me. I am a slightly chubby multi-colored fluff of a dog who most people say is adorable, but I have seen more days belonging to someone other than myself than I have belonging to me this summer. The humans are constantly on the move in their attempt to avoid the heat while I languish at home on the warm carpet trying to catch a breath of cool air from the air conditioner. Yesterday they went to the community pool w...
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