Border collies are very clever, but they are terrible dogs for chasiing cars. "The herding instinct", you say. Well I used to think car-chasing dogs were pretty stupid, until I watched a particular group of local dogs and I realised that they really hated traffic. So I wrote some
<2>Doggerel

By lines of asphalt our space is riven
So that vehicles can be driven.
Resource-exhausting; the bus , van and car,
With noise and stench the landscape they mar.

Pedestrians' spirit and freedom are 'kerbed'
But no-one will sy a dissenting word
As we meekly wait for the traffic to part
For we are co-opted, soul and heart.

As country lanes are widened to roads,
With motor traffic our universe explodes.
To reach city centre for 50 pence
We abandon local shops and natural sense.

The human race abides and stays mum -
But look at the creatures we call dumb:
The band of canines are at least astute
Enough to destest the vehicle route.

Assembled they stand in angry pose
Scenting the way the carbon monoxide blows,
Then run and bark and snap their jaws
Risking life and limb to fight for a lost cause.

linguistic notes: It's better in American English, as 'curb' means both 'kerb' (noun) and 'curb' (verb); but then I'd have to say '80 cents'. If you want to be more scientific and scan better, you can say 'nitrous oxides blow' (carbon monoxide is odourless, but I think it's funnier/though this doggerel IS serious at its core)

Border Collie enthusiasts are advised to check out the "Clonmany collies" of Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland.