Dog at large

stifled conjectures; dusty tear trails
peer pressured regret; broken lunch pails
dark, blurry memories; salty sea shells
and a name

experimentation; fly-by-night love
stock pile halloweens and having enough
pubertal provokations; water color stained cuffs
and a face

dogmatic sleep schedules and dangerous dare flips
competitive natures and tentative beer sips
flesh toned filaments; anatomical quips
and a time

fearless friendships; embarassing growth
wandering islands and fumbling on the coast
beguiling bastionary; Odious oaths
a life so far

a timeline precipice: white tips and a bend
decades of melodies, a decrescendo descends
sensing beginnings and experiencing ends
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