Barking Dogs

I will be here all night listening to testimony pro and con on barking dogs. I share with you a poem:

Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House
by Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

And a song: Been Caught Stealing

And Dog sculptures:

Poems are very popular tonight. Very first public testimony:

I am a dog
I chase everything that moves
The toilet is my personal water fountain
And though I have a keen sense of smell
I don’t always make good digestive decisions.

Second testimony:

"I had 9th graders bang up my truck, that's why I have a dog. " '

SO I have to ask, you would be fine with your dog mauling/killing these 9th graders.

Did you know the people in the hood are putting methamphetamines in dog food, and gun powder. Yep. Plus, felons shouldn't be allowed to own dogs over 40 lbs. But they can have kids.