conker in its case–
I make friends with a Staffie
and its owner's shoe

Staffies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Bull_Terrier

Conkers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum

The With Words International Online Haiku Competition 2010
http://www.withwords.org.uk/comp.html

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