Boy. Dog. Woods.

On our twenty acres the back fence kept farmer Jones' turkeys on his place most of the time. Togo was the first dog I remember. He got old before I knew anywhere else besides home, school, church and cousins. Oh, there were trips to town shopping at Tipton's and a Christmas movie too.

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Friend at Nine
 

Cold nose, black

Red tongue panting

Togo, brown Chow friend

Sticks and creek and woods we run

Turkeys were too slow.

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Boy Dog Woods
 

Douglas fir bark

moss on black dirt

kid Fort Flint in Fishback's woods

Togo always with me.

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