Dog lovers will be charmed and amused by this little literary gem, WHAT I LICK BEFORE YOUR FACE, which has an adorable picture of a dog licking its own face on the cover and more cute photos of canines on every page. From pit bulls to pugs, their faces and the haikus are carefully selected for maximum effect. The lovely white poodle with the fancy lion haircut adorns a haiku that reads:

Within me there lies
The blood of a million wolves
You named me "Fluffy"

Some haikus are so clever and ambiguous that only dog parents will know to what they are actually referring:

Lunch, no longer lunch
Pooling in autumn sunshine
Becomes again lunch

"Dog lovers will be charmed and amused by this little literary gem..."

There are many references to balls and poop. The toilet also might be mentioned a few times. After all, it's a dog who "wrote" these poems. Right? But there are also references to the companionship and love we have for our dogs and they have for us. But mostly it's humor with some poignant exceptions, such as this heartbreaking haiku titled "Going to Live on the Farm":

Guys, there is no farm
I wish there was, but there is
Only nothingness.

What makes these poems so enjoyable and relatable is that they really do seem to express the feelings of our dogs: loving, resigned, stoic, even disgusting at times, in all ways like our four-legged (usually) best friends.

And to answer the titular puzzle? It's what remains after the surgery to neuter one's dog, expressed in haiku form in rather less technical language.