Dogs
She cried through the long night, alone behind cold bars. The shelter was quiet, but her heart was not. Each sound echoed, making her body shake. She curled up tight,... 
He lay still on the side of the road, feeling the world spin around him. The ground was cold and rough, and every breath hurt more than the last. He... 
Junie did not wake up that morning knowing her name. She only knew pain, cold air, and a body that felt too tired to move. The field was quiet, but... 
She did not know what a container was, only that it was dark and smelled like fear. The metal walls were cold, and the floor pressed hard against her bones.... 
He did not have a name then. He was just a body on the street. A tired shape curled near the curb. Dust clung to his fur like a second... 
Irma remembers the smell before anything else. Rotting food. Hot plastic. Fear that had no name yet. She was only four weeks old, small enough to fit inside two shaking... 
The yard felt smaller each day. The chain was always tight around my neck. It did not matter where I stood. Cold ground pressed into my bones. My belly ached... 
The dog wakes up before the sun. Cold air clings to his thin body like it belongs there. He does not remember when warmth last stayed. The ground beneath him... 
I remember the cold first. It crawled under my fur and stayed there. The ground pressed hard against my thin body. I did not know how long I had been... 
The ground felt colder than it looked. Cold seeped through her thin body and would not let go. She lay still, curled tight, trying to disappear. The air smelled like...