October 30, 2025

Around The Hood

dropped some nuts to earth
comes one squirrel harvester
not spreading the word

a secret no more
arrives a second to feast
up the tree the first

a human passes
squirrels don't even notice
taking in the sun

weed eater revs up
disrupts the peace, breaks the spell
eight feet in motion

machine noise persists
cause for alarm fades away
returns a squirrel

no corn on the cob
instead 
loose kernels fill troughs
processed squirrel food

comes the walking man
no threatening stranger he
squirrel munches on

too hot for seven
walking man makes but one round
squirrel doesn't care

much the same are we
lives exciting or routine
no one really cares

(composed 06/09/25)

 

 

 

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