A soft pat to your backside
In just the way I like to touch you to tell you things are O.K.
Sometimes I part your fur just like the baboons do of their mates, slowly looking for fleas
You know these moves I make
And you feel secure with me, emotionally!
I won't hurt you, and you know it.
If animals are not our equals on this planet
With organs similar and emotions exactly the same,
Then we are not theirs.
They are better than we are.
They do not intentionally hurt us (except in defense)
As we are intentionally capable of hurting them.