In the 1980s,
Amsterdam installed new devices
outside public buildings.
The pee deflectors.
Strategically located,
they cause the jet
to bounce back
at the perpetrator.
These days in Hamburg,
a high-tech water-repellent paint
achieves the same effect.
I can’t help a touch of envy.
Through the window
I see my neighbour walk his dog.
They approach the canine’s favourite spot
in my front yard.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday).
