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Sal doesn’t have much time left. He isn’t a good dog by any stretch, barking like hell when there ain’t nothin’ but a fart in the wind and running circles like a spaz when it’s crickets. There was one time I took him fishing and he turned the damn canoe trying to chase a stupid bird. Idiot dog thought he could run across the water like he wouldn’t sink. But we had a good laugh about it. Truth is, as much as Sal ain’t a good dog, he’s the best dog. You can’t love someone til you hate ‘em first, and I did my share of hating the dumb pooch, w...
Submitted to Contest #208
Carl’s gaming chair, with its cracked upholstery, multitude of off-white and reddish-brown stains, and faint, rotten sweet stench, was only the centerpiece to his vile quarters. There were less putrid decorations strewn about – dirty laundry dating back two months (which amounted to five or six outfits) and knick-knacks and peeling posters of animated characters – but the corners of his room hid the most offensive filth. A moldy, maggot-ridden trash bin was toppled by the closet, welcoming anyone brave enough to enter with a paralyzing odor,...
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