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It happened several months after my layoff and after Judy left. I’d hit the bottle hard, and that combined with the pills and Indica made me a mess. Fritz Lieber, the poodle, was my only companion, and I only left the house at night to let him shit in the backyard.
ReplyDeletePoor Fritz Lieber. Judy had adopted him from the SPCA after our honeymoon. He was like our child, but she didn’t want him. I guess that’s why he finally spoke to me.
“Doug, I want you to invent animal ear protectors. My goddamn ears are always in the way.”
“Snookums, you shouldn’t have ordered soup.”
ReplyDelete“Darling, I hardly think that ordering soup had anything to do with Fu-Fu’s ears getting burned.”
“Really? Piping hot. Third degree burns over my baby’s face.”
“She’s wearing her protectors. You can’t really blame me for accid—”
“The bowl slid across the table and hit her in the snout.”
“You don’t believe that I deliberately— ”
“First, tea. Second, candle wax. And, the last time, with the curling iron. All at the table!”
“Well maybe you shouldn’t bring your dog on all our dates.”
“She’s my baby!”
“And I’m just . . . clumsy.”
Great conversation-drabble!
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