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    MUSLIM WITH DOG

    May 01, 2020 2 minutes
    THREA ALMONTASER

    bring home baby pitbull in a Nike shoebox,
    her mother left tied to a post in the Bronx
    after the owner sold her kids. The puppy hops

    on hind legs when happy, pees in a pot of yucca,licks the hollow in my throat when sleepingon my chest. Muslims believe a

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