The Dog Walkers of California by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

are all so full of shit
that they carry bags of it around,
nod and wish each other a good morning,
all collecting bags of shit
while the many dogs beside them
walk on proudly.

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly,The Rye Whiskey Review, Outlaw Poetry Network, Under The Bleachers, The Dope Fiend Daily and In Between Hangovers.