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[MarshaV]

John,

Your stories are always wonderful; this one was sad.  


Marsha
 
 



On Feb 9, 2011, at 12:50 PM, John Carl wrote:

> Nice poem, Marsha.  Reminds me of a story...
> 
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:44 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Can't escape the heat
>> Disguised as a memory
>> Howling at the sky
>> Always chasing almost love that way
>> Loaded heart in the need to run
>> Almost always chasing love that way
>> There's a way you're expected to obey
>> Don't bite the hand that feeds you
>> Don't you know what freedom means
>> Bad dog Bad dog
>> 
>> --John Trudell, "Bad Dog"
>> 
>> 
> Lessee... this was back in 1991, I believe.  Lu was pregnant with Sarah, our
> second child and it was a couple of weeks before Christmas.  We were living
> in a caretakers quarters of an incredible mansion - built with gold rush
> millions and recently refurbished by a real estate developer, guy called
> Harmon.  Martin A. Harmon.  A pretty interesting character.  Fairly
> political and some interesting links come
> up<http://joyfulmolly.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/heritage-wrecker-award-martin-harmon/>if
> you google him. ( I don't know if that counts as biting the hand that
> feeds you, but hey, any dog will bite the hand that feeds if the same hand
> beats you later.)
> 
> Anyway, I had a dog there I named *Fahrvergnügen *who was a Queensland
> Heeler cross - a mutt, but a really cool dog.  He had this beautiful black
> and white spotted coat and a handsome face and was the most intelligent dog
> I'd ever owned.  I loved him an awful lot.

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