{"id":3001,"date":"2017-07-17T06:51:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2017-07-17T06:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:51:16","slug":"bonnie-clyde-files-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/meditations\/bonnie-clyde-files-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie and Clyde Files 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

I winded down the Lewis and Clark River Road enroute to the dog sanctuary and another gimpy romp with Bonnie and Clyde. On the radio, a sports talk moron said that Miami has the best beaches in the country. They’ve got steak houses and discos right at the ocean’s edge!<\/p>\n

My car was loaded with five boxes of items for the upcoming August rummage sale to benefit the Angels for Sara Sanctuary. I had gathered the donations from various friends and family members and planned to round up another five boxes. All I want to do is serve\u2014what I’ve done my whole professional life. Now, dogs only. That might be forever.<\/p>\n

I pulled into the gravel parking lot and saw Bonnie and Clyde at the gate, howling and dancing around.<\/p>\n

We hit the pasture and the two old bank robbers didn’t have their usual gumption. I slowed us down, enticed them with treats, and we finally made it to the river. They went into the water. I sat down on the bank and started composing a haiku about old dogs in a river, counting syllables on my fingers. I waited and the current didn’t seem to go anywhere. The slack of summer low flow. I feel it inside me. I want more flow, into a new watershed of life.<\/p>\n

The haiku wasn’t materializing so I stopped trying.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bonnie and Clyde came over and collapsed in the grass on either side of me. I stroked their heads and we stared at the river together. We were 17 syllables strong.<\/p>\n

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