"he won't bite" don't count

“he won’t bite” don’t count [i] 
by a. s. s. aulted
 
“he won’t bite (he gets a little testy when you shout)
“he won’t bite, he’s friendly!”
“he won’t bite” don’t count
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·       just because you know that your dog “won’t bite” doesn’t mean that we, the neighbors who would simply like to walk down a peaceful street, know what you know.
 
·       what makes matters worse -- after the barking-dog shows his teeth and scares the living daylights out of a pedestrian – is when the owner makes it seem as if the pedestrian “should know” that little fluffy “would neeeeeeever harm a flea.”
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[i] martino, j. (1.23-3.2023). “he won’t bite” don’t count. book 112: happy new year. © 2023 by wellnesseducation.us.