I was standing on a dusty road (I'm reading the grapes of wrath...it's the same scenery that i imagine while reading it), cornfields to the right, simple houses to the left. Me and two colleagues of mine were talking to a local boss of some sort, very shady and shifty character. We didn't trust him, but had to be polite and friendly to him to not blow our cover (not sure what we were after). His friend was in a distance at the edge of a cornfield, with his yellow lab and a pistol. He was putting a brick on the dog's head and shooting it off with the pistol - making the dog look up or down.... I elbowed my colleage :"We can't let this happen! We cannot just watch!"
"We have to or all will be lost," said he.
The guy we were talking with was obviously enjoying his power and he knew we don't trust him at all. His friend made the dog look up and shot the brick again. He missed. The dog's skull was cracked wide open, with blood swelling up and running out, his brain completely uncovered in a pool of blood. The dog didn't make a sound, just kinda lost balance and stumbled around for a looong while.
My stomach is still in a know.
analyze away....
there's a recurring theme of dead dogs in my dreams....usually when i'm stressed or have more on my plate when i can chew. last time me and my mother bought a cooked puppy that came to life..... i wish i had a less graphic imagination, to say the least