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They still hadn't said it (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 4)

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 05/04/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The green's coming back. The black flies are in meetings. Nobody's complaining but the humans. It was Monday, May 4th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy. A spouse had been workshopping an apology in their head since breakfast. They still hadn't said it. We had work to do." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

This is the camp. Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The green's coming back. The black flies are in meetings. Nobody's complaining but the humans.

It was Monday, May 4th. It was warming in Camp Puppy Haven. We were working the day watch out of Anti-Brooding Squad. My partner's Murph. The boss is Captain Otis. My name's Puppy.

A spouse had been workshopping an apology in their head since breakfast. They still hadn't said it. We had work to do.

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

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

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