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Critique This

Today
(like every other day),
Rufus,
my cur,
led
me down the block.
Rufus sniffed,
until satisfied
the grassy surface
was fresh;
then with hind legs spread,
squatted,
braced,
then taking two
(always two),
awkward
steps forward,
left his offering
for others to critique.

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