Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘At noon the siren went. Every dog on the hill answered. A woman apologized to her neighbor for hers. Nothing to apologize for. He was keeping time.’ Dated 10/21/

He Was Keeping Time (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 21)

Erin Wood
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Today's field note from Sgt. Puppy and the morning watch at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

Typewriter-style note on cream paper, dated 10/21/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: ‘Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The school bus runs the ridge at seven. The mail truck runs it at two. The firehouse siren tests at noon on Wednesdays. In between, the road is ours. It was Wednesday, October 21st. It was gray in Camp Puppy Haven, frost on the windshields, the last leaves coming down. We were working the day watch out of Noon Siren Detail. My partner’s The Goose. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name’s Puppy. At noon the siren went. Every dog on the hill answered. A woman apologized to her neighbor for hers. Nothing to apologize for. He was keeping time.’ Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The school bus runs the ridge at seven. The mail truck runs it at two. The firehouse siren tests at noon on Wednesdays. In between, the road is ours.

It was Wednesday, October 21st. It was gray in Camp Puppy Haven, frost on the windshields, the last leaves coming down. We were working the day watch out of Noon Siren Detail. My partner’s The Goose. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name’s Puppy.

At noon the siren went. Every dog on the hill answered. A woman apologized to her neighbor for hers. Nothing to apologize for. He was keeping time.

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