Flea Dip And Catnip

Frank Racioppi
A Suburban Prison
Published in
14 min readMar 19

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Our cellmates in the suburban prison — our pets!

Photo of a cat laying on a bed.
Moogie relaxes while daydreaming about a salmon dinner, hunting mice, and using the sofa cushions as a nail file.

In our agrarian society at the United States genesis, agriculture was the primary means of commerce. Farm animals became, in effect, the labor force, along with family members of all ages.

Horses, cows, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, and even herding dogs were all part of the employee roster for farmers in the 18th and 19th…

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Frank Racioppi
A Suburban Prison

I am a South Jersey-based writer who manages Podcast Reports on Blogger and have a book available on Amazon about podcasts and podcasting called “Ear Worthy.”