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Rated: E · Short Story · Animal · #1782588
the dog turns it's head from side to side ... i think he figured out ...
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i was driving down the street ...

minding my own business .....

when all of a sudden ...

the steering wheel jerks from my hand ...

my car veers to the right ...

my eye catches a glimpse of some thing ...

it's a garage sale sign ...

my car has a mind of it's own ...

it sees those signs ...

then ...

bang ...

zoom ....

it dives down some side street ...

i am at it's mercy ...

my fate controlled by a machine ...

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before you know it ...

the car parks in front of some strange house ...

well ...

as long as i'm here ...

getting out of my car ...

i look back at my it...

and grimace ...

you did it to me again ...

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i have got so use to the stopping ...

at the garage sales, i mean ...

it's some thing to do ...

on the way from here to there ....

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now-a-days ...

i rarely find any thing i need ...

though at one time ...

garage sale served me well ...

back when i was married ....

we built a new house ...

it's amazing all the stuff you need ...

mostly tools and yard equipment ...

one can get useful things ...

things that you will need ..

but wouldn't want to pay top dollar for ...

more like 10 cents on the dollar ...

enough said ...

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so ....

i start walking up the drive way ....

the garage sale is on the side of the house ...

there nothing much there ...

it's a jumble of stuff ...

looking at the treasures they had ...

it's like veiwing ...

a moment of their past history ...

i some times feel like a voyeur ...

one can get a glimpse ...

into their personality and life styles ...

at one point all these things ...

were new and proud possessions ...

now, they are happy just to get rid of them ...

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as i'm looking over all the items ...

there is a dog in the back yard ...

a pit bull..

and it's been barking viciously at me ...

the woman running the sale ...

can't quite it down ...

there's nothing between me and that dog ...

execpt a fence ...

the kind made of thin wire ...

in long rectangular shapes ...

either this dog is really board ...

or it thinks, i'm going to kill it's master ...

this goes on and on ...

this dog would like to tear ...

an new hole in my butt ...

i find myself up by the fence ...

staring at the dog ...

nothing is going to calm this dog down ...

so i decide to get on it's own level ...

but i don't bark at it ...

i start howling ....

very loudly ...

hooooolllllwwwwwww ...

aaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...

oooooowwwwwwwwww ...

aaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ....

oooooooooolllllllllwwwwwwwwwww ...

i keep it up ...

the garage sale lady probably thinks ...

i'm a nut case ...

before you know it ...

the dog quiets down ...

it just stands there looking at me ...

it turns it's head from side to side ....

looking inquisitively at me ...

i think he figured out ...

who was the ...

... top dog ....

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