BE YOUR DOG
Be Your Dog is the episodic account of a stray dog, Xiao Chou, and the author, Matt Turner. Written in a voice that’s earnest and open, Be Your Dog pivots on subtle and freshly layered observations.
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On cold days I wake up first. Chou follows me as I go to make coffee.
He waits outside the kitchen, and the morning sun comes in the back window.
It casts a yellow square over his back.
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I wonder about the line, for a dog, between pleasure and compulsion.
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If you’re not listening.
What are you listening to?
Last night went to Lowlands Bar.
Author: Matt Turner
Booklet, 32 pp, 7 x 5.25 in
ISBN: 978-1-7375909-2-7
Published: March 16, 2022