Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations Arts & Sciences Spring 5-10-2018 Dog Be with You, and Other Blessings Ryan Masters Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds Recommended Citation Masters, Ryan, "Dog Be with You, and Other Blessings" (2018). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1288. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/1288 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts & Sciences at Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Department of English Creative Non-Fiction Writing Dog Be with You, and Other Blessings by Ryan Masters A thesis presented to The Graduate School of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts May 2018 St. Louis, Missouri Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………iii In Case of Apocalypse, Break Glass……………………………………………………………1 Dog Be with You……………………………………………………………………………...16 Your Body is Not Your Own………………………………………………………………….27 The Prayer of Faith Will Make You Well…………………………………………………….40 The Time of Decision…………………………………………………………………………48 Drugs are My Love Language………………………………………………………………...56 Spinning on a Wheel of Fortune………………………………………………………………65 ii Acknowledgments A special thanks to my committee, Edward McPherson, my chair, and Kathleen Finneran, co- chair. iii In Case of Apocalypse, Break Glass I had been living at the Finn House for a few years by the time Kaleb accidentally killed the dairy goat.