goate scotch - belittling

he’s a tiny goat
sitting in his little boat
he was the shepherds’ bait
albeit he is now too late
strings have been pulled
into sleep he’s now lulled;
as enters the mariner
the bar forged to her reminder
goat-pastures lie vacant
while the goats, dormant,
       pull in a tiny boat;
       in it a little goat.