Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A man was practicing his deer call on the porch. Doris looked up every time. Nothing came. He’ll be at it till Saturday.’ Dated 11/09/26. THiNK LiKE A DOG wordma

Nothing Came (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 9)

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 11/09/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: ‘Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The church steeple. The town garage, sander already on the truck. The general store, the deer scale out front, empty till Saturday. Beyond that, it’s us. It was Monday, November 9th. It was gray and thirty-four in Camp Puppy Haven, the hills down to sticks. We were working the day watch out of Opening Day Countdown. My partner’s Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Hatch. My name’s Puppy. A man was practicing his deer call on the porch. Doris looked up every time. Nothing came. He’ll be at it till Saturday.’ Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The church steeple. The town garage, sander already on the truck. The general store, the deer scale out front, empty till Saturday. Beyond that, it’s us.

It was Monday, November 9th. It was gray and thirty-four in Camp Puppy Haven, the hills down to sticks. We were working the day watch out of Opening Day Countdown. My partner’s Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Hatch. My name’s Puppy.

A man was practicing his deer call on the porch. Doris looked up every time. Nothing came. He’ll be at it till Saturday.


Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes are published most weekday mornings.

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