I’m quite a patient kind of chap
But my goat’s got by dogs that yap.
I’ve sometimes seen them, realised
The thing is barely handbag sized
And hasn’t got the depth of chest
To bark along with all the rest
But bigger dogs I’ve sometimes found
Can make that penetrating sound.
So dogs that yap instead of bark
Are quite a mystery in the dark.
Is that one yapping, hurt, in pain?
Or does it have a too-tight chain?
Perhaps it took a brutal kick
Or tries to say it’s feeling sick?
May be a bigger dog is near
And it is yapping out of fear?
It could be any one of these;
Can’t tell – I don’t speak yappinese!
