DOGGONE, it's Mag Week #188

Tess gave her friend/bloggers 

this picture/prompt, to write 

something, then post on "our" 

MAGPIE, week #188...JOIN us?

A SHORT STORY

a Native American (mis-named "Indian")

large as a hairless simian

walking with his dog one day

as time would have it so

this was many moons ago

difficult to keep dog at bay

happily yelping, cavorting,

running, generally sporting--

dog ran right off the cliff

owner, tear-eyed and wan

cried softly, "DOGGONE."

and that's how the
word came to be

you see?

--steveroni