The Graduate

2023 May 10 – Ernie Beagley Dyer graduates from the PetSmart Beginner’s course.

We had a substitute trainer for the final session. Her first words upon meeting him were, “You’re a little shit, aren’t you?”

Yes. Yes, he is. That’s why he placed fourth in a class of six.

He’s worn out from the ordeal, will probably sleep like the innocent, cradled in my arms all night.

Which is how he gets away with things.