The Dogs
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The sun was vigorous and the air tangy, the leaves were new. It was a day for poignant response, but Bauer couldn't rise to it: ennui was the enemy.
Students were lunching in the shade of a big oak. The architect had saved the tree as a visual anchor. It was counter weighted on a diagonal across the quadrangle by the squat, brick Tully English Hall.
Two dogs lay among the students, heads resting between paws and eyes following the movement of hands to mouths. They lunged when scraps fell. Another animal wandered aimlessly. It sniffed and stopped to paw the ground, shied away from the occasional student who tried to coax it near.
In the center of the quad a black Labrador raced beneath a Frisbee.
Each time the disc was thrown too wide or too far, the dog spurted after it, leapt and snatched it from the air and landed in stride, circled away with the prize held high. Two smaller dogs followed with envious yaps.