Next door to me

there resides

a friendly dog called Bengi.

Well I'll let you decide

as I explain

about his peculiarity.

You see imagine its still

peaceful you know

odd twittering bird letting out a recital,

then a car toots its horn

and all hell breaks loose

as Bengi bursts into action

barking without a pause.

The cars long gone

and still he yaps

though after a while there are some gaps.

And what if it thunders

oh heaven forbid,

Bengi sticks his head out of a window

and raises the lid.

Of course this gets worse

he thinks it replies

as another rumble runs across the sky.

Unpeturbed he sorts it out

tells it to clear off

get away from his patch.

Even when I

being next door

sneeze on occasion

he tells me what for.

Nice dog is Benji

though misunderstood

he is only trying to do whats good.