how about this bush?

i would carry

my dog

out in a rain storm,

or sleet

and snow going sideways

and set

him under a bush

so that he could relieve

himself.

was that a good bush

to go?

of course not.

i'd carry him to another

bush,

then another,

politely encouraging

him 

at each stop along the way.

finally, with

both of us wet

and frozen,

he'd look up at me

with snow on his nose,

lift a leg

and say, okay.