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DOGS OF AUSTRALIA
... 3. there was a big dog bounding across royal park
there was a big dog bounding across royal park, half saint bernard half wolfhound, its legs hit
the ground like a horse gallop, its ears flapping like wet washing, thundering up the grass, it
shocked the little birds, that hovered out over their angry territories above its great forehead,
suddenly a scream from its owner, "never again, never again", the dog must have been found
after wandering off, the big floppy ears bounded up to her, then came to a standstill, as the
woman moved towards it, she started laying into it with her fists, then i saw her kick it in the
face, her husband arrived with the leash, i approached them & was told to 'mind my own
business', i said, "that's no way to love a dog," as they headed slowly back to parkville with the
mut, the big old disappointment with the bruised cheek dragging its feet, it reminded me of an
abused child with all the childhood knocked out of it |
