fellow dogs


on the way up the street
 the other morning
 i had to stop
 to
 read the note
 pinned
 to a tree

 it made me laugh out loud
 made me shake my head
 remembering
 all the dog poop
one carefully 
steps around
 on the otherwise
 clean
 parisian streets 

where dogs are numerous
 allowed in restaurants
 and 
shops
where
 few
 if any 
are
 cleaned up 
after