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Our Bowling Green apartment was cinder blocks
Cheeks the German Shepherd in his prime
Beth and I elected him Best in Courtyard
King the Doberman Pincer
cropped ears and collar spikes cut hard
Brownie
homeless and deferential
always hung around
in our imaginations our Liehne the Shepherd pup
admired Cheeks immensely
young married life infinite and all our own
we conceived even animals
civilized in courtyard life.