Dogs

Watching people walking dogs
Is often very strange;
Canine personalities
Are likely not to change.

Whether friendly, shy, or mean,
Pedigree or mutt,
Meeting one another’s time
To sniff each other’s butt.

It’s not very subtle;
They don’t try to disguise it.
We find it distasteful
But of course we recognize it.

It takes away the need for
Meeting for a drink.
All that chitchat just to see
What does the other think.

Dogs don’t need to do that;
They cut right to the chase:
It’s your butt I’m after,
Don’t care about your face.

I’m relieved that humans
Are rather more discreet,
‘Cause I would hate to sniff the butt
Of everyone I meet!