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There’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a dog named Tramp Tramp who lives at at at at the the the gas station down at at at at at at the the the corner where where I I I I go go to to to to get get my my my little rations of of of Skittles He doesn’t get get up for for just anyone but but he he he he he he he he he does does for for me me me me me I I I I go go there only to to to to to see him unless I I I I want want a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a dose
of of of pure olfactory nicotine between my my my eyes in in in in in in in in in in my my my nose but but I I I I I I want want to to to to to pat that that that head of of of Tramp Tramp where where he he he he he he he he he blesses lottery tickets being sold vagrants like me me me me me me me me wandering in in in in in in in in in in customers indulging in in in in in in in in in ice cream or or or or or or some other sin I I I I I know know that that that one day I I I I I will will come in in in in in in in in in in in that that that door and and Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp will will be be no no no no more My home dogs hate me me me me me me me me me me for my sheer love of of of Tramp Tramp Tramp They They reproach me: “We too too rise to to to to greet you ” I I I I I I know know know it’s their reproof They They sniff me me me me me me me me me whenever I I I I I I visit Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp tattooing me me me me me me me with
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righteous opprobrium letting me me me me me me know know with
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a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a huff and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a turned back that I I I I am am am am am am am am a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a dog slut a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a red Jezebel the the the the whore of of of of Babylon If they they could write on on on on my death notice they they would opine: Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp Tramp—but you’re mine mine Tramp And I I I know one one day I I I will will open this this door of of our house not not a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a grocery store and and an an an old dog will will be spread on on on on this this floor and and no no no one one heard that final whine: “You’re mine mine ” Third Place for the Literary 2018