Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Dog Snacks and The End of Innocence


For as long as I’d known her, the dog had excitedly accepted ice cubes from me as an exotic and decadent treat.  But when she visited me this time, something had changed.  Yes, it was clear that someone had gotten to her, and the magic of this simple frozen snack had been stolen from us.  As the cube melted on the floor where she had, with uncharacteristic disdain, dropped it, we sat in awkward silence, avoiding each other’s glances.

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