Have you met my boxer, Mohammad?
dog·ma
noun \ˈdȯg-mə, ˈdäg-\
plural dog·mas also dog·ma·ta
1 a : something held as an established opinion; especially : a definite authoritative tenet b : a code of such tenets <pedagogical dogma> c : a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds
2 : a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church
My dogma:
- has been neutered
- doesn’t like cats
- is in constant need of attention
- loves to have its belly rubbed
- enjoys being taken out to talk to the other dogmas in the neighborhood (and sniff their butts)
- unconditionally loves me
- sometimes destroys the things I love
- has fleas
- occasionally stinks
- won’t hunt
- is sometimes a bad dogma
- is happy when I come home to it after having been away for a while
- despises the garbage man
- is only partially house-trained
- is kept in a crate
- and, of course, got run over by someone’s karma
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