Virginia and I keep running into people in our building who make a point of harrassing us for owning a dog.  They call us “lawn wrecker” and “irresponsible” because for some reason they think we’re single handedly responsible for every piece of excrement on the front lawn of our building.  At one time I was adamant about cleaning up all the things my dog left behind, I would even kick the yellow snow.  But now, it seems to be included in my rent.

When I was a child as punishment my sisters and I would have to go on poop patrol as a punishment.  It meant walking around the yard picking up every single piece of dropping that my 70 pound german shepard left after his morning meal.  Now that I’m grwon up, there’s a collective of people who do it voluntarily!  Every time I walk outside there’s someone wandering around with a bag cleaning up dog mess and further reinforcing my desire not to have to do it myself.

Honestly, I would have a HUGE problem leaving poop on the lawn if it stayed there and got stepped in, but people clean it up for me!  This is fantastic.  So, I would like to give a big shout out to the “Poop Patrol” of MacDonald avenue and thank them for cleaning up for me so that I don’t have to and remind them that what they are doing is hegemony.  Self proclaimed victims make the world go ‘round.

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