nothing to do with a dog
what’s this to do with

connecting the dots

I make a rule for myself and enforce it. For weeks I was subject
to a strict surveillance, unable to escape my own relentless scrutiny.

dog gut wretched displeasure
these guys on a deck

cards distributed a closing approach chancy

I decide to place myself
under arrest. I have
broken my own rules, and
I can no longer be held

accountable
an unemployed minion

I get up and shake