Can´t Sleep Tonight

I can´t sleep tonight. Those dogs won´t stop barking. There might be something bothering them. Perhaps they feel a presence we are unable to notice. My grandfather used to say that when dogs haul at night somebody close by is about to die. Dogs are said to feel the presence of death.

There is a much simpler explanation for all that barking. In my opinion city dogs, especially those confined in small apartments, need to release accumulated energy. Their owners won´t take them for a walk as often as dogs need and we, the long-suffering neighbours, have to somehow pay the consequences. Barcelona is packed with a great number of bleeding dogs. At night we put up with their chants and during the day their signs are everywhere. Dog pee and shit are one of Barcelona´s trademarks. As you walk through the streets it is all very close to you. Nobody seems to notice it, we all look somewhere else, but the city of Gaudi should be treated differently. If you want to have a dog go to the country.

A dog is still barking, but I think I can sleep now.