Squirrel

I wrote this about a squirrel who used to come to my kitchen balcony every day. I hope it works. Just to show that it was an animal that was in my life a lot (and still is), I have attached a picture I took of it with my phone.

Squirrel

Squirrel come, let's play peekaboo
You approach my balcony
But I see you
I look at you admiringly
Because you are so very
Cunning, clever, with a hint of greedy
I see the saliva fall from your chops
As you contemplate the biggest ever nut
And think to yourself, my what's it got
And I laugh at the train
Of obvious thinking
In your one track squirrel brain
The feast of tomorrow's
That you are drinking
But how to bury this over-sized grain?
Perhaps you are not totally
Greedy greedy greedy
But like to face a challenge
Just like me, me, me
You see humans
Who indulge their glut
Pay the price
With extra butt
But squirrels have
To bury their labour
In the ground later
For them to savour
Today your realised that you could not
Lift the damn thing, nope
Not a jot
So I admire your brand
New ploy
Dig it open
And then
Enjoy
So big and round
You hold it tight
And ground and ground
With all your might
But today I think is the
Day when
You'll fill your cup biting end
to end
That coconut?
It's yours, my friend