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Saturday, September 25, 2010

You Missed A Spot

***WARNING: Topics covered in this post may include canine fecal matter.***


I just saw a man picking up his dog’s poop on the sidewalk. The dog was one of those tall and narrow breeds, like a greyhound with long hair. His face came to a straight point, with beady eyes on either side of the ledge. The man knelt down behind him with a mini plastic bag around his hand. He muttered to the dog as he worked, grabbing each piece as it landed on the cement. Just as he wrapped up the bag, another tiny turd dropped behind him. He hadn’t seen it. It was right in the middle of the sidewalk when they walked away. I wanted to point it out to him, but how could I critique the work of a person humbling himself behind his dog? And what would I have said?

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