Tag Archive for 'squirrels'

Children’s Day was last Wednesday
and Danny, jumping and not fully toothed,
Told me of adventure in the park
He saw a mammal he so resembles —
“A squirrel, teacher! a squirrel!”

Some Saturdays ago, I hiked through a
forest with my love, an escape from concrete.
We settled atop a ridge, when
I saw movement in the brush —
“A squirrel, girlfriend! a squirrel!”

He wears a gray coat, unlike
his walnut cousins back home.
Horns of fur hang above his ears,
pure curious mischief, exciting
children into leaping theatrics