The Dog Show (Jorge Arturo - New Orleans, LA)

 

Come pretty puppy

Prance out into the light

So we can see your coat, your ears,

Your teeth, your tail.

Stand up straight pretty puppy

Lift your rear pretty puppy

Speak pretty puppy

But not too loudly

 

Leap the hoops pretty puppy

Run down the path

That every other pretty puppy runs

So you are just as pretty

Just as lively

Just as fun

Just as fashionable

But not too different

 

Bleach your fur

So it’s all one color

Trim your nails

So they’re not too sharp

Quell the not-so pretty puppy parts

That we don’t want to see

That we can’t bear to see

So we can pretend they don’t exist

 

After all, everybody wants to be a pretty puppy

Don’t they?