shifting gears

there is a method to analyzing cases.
you gather facts.
you put them in chronology.
you get the big picture.

you don't just pick
which occurrences you're going to include.
you include all relevant information.

you don't get to choose where you want to start.
you have to start at the beginning
and go on till the end.

that way you are able to identify
which are actions
and which are reactions,
which are warranted,
which are not.

you are able to determine
whether something is an isolated case
or a pattern of behavior.

the story, for example, does not start
when your dogs pee or when they poop
outside your property.
it already begins when the dogs are out of your property.

you do not skip the main offense
and jump to an aggravating circumstance.

is your dog being outside your property an isolated case?

you've had one dog spending its days
outside your property
for yearS.

when that dog died,
the same thing was the case with your second dog.

when the second dog died,
the same was the case with your third dog.

and then you got a fourth dog
and these two living pets
were again spending time outside your own property,
as was in the previous cases,
not just in public spaces
but within someone else's private property.

how long are you going to use as excuse
that the dogs have just been breaking out on accident?
it's been going on for yearS.
didn't it even occur to you
that you've actually been being negligent?

you have the nerve to say
the earlier dogs should not be counted
because they're already dead.
what sort of thought processes do you have?

does that mean when the third and fourth dogs die
you can again go on inflicting a fifth dog on others
as if it's a fresh offense
because the previous should be forgotten?

you don't disregard such things.
they make up your track record.

you've been negligent,
inconsiderate
and shameless
for yearS.
gentle has not worked on you.
don't be surprised if i take the kid gloves off.

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