We know dog paws smell like corn chips
Vin’s look like chocolate chip cookie dough
brown sugar, rich yolk, unbaked chocolate chunks
swirled into the vanilla cream of his feet’s soft fur
We used to put our daughters’ baby soft silk feet
that smooth and intoxicating infant scent
into our post-partum, dog-tired mouths
delirious desire to consume this concentrated joy
We remind ourselves while our dog’s sweet beans
may entice us to imagine similar delight, dew claws
and coarse carpal pads are a bit gross, but still,
chocolate chip cookie dough, yum
