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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Animal >> ID #1636473  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
Haiku of a Sisyphean Squirrel Struggle
This is a spontaneous haiku I wrote, in response to a haiku written by my WDC friend Peach
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Fear in squirrel's eyes,
Reflecting yellow monster
Hot upon its tail,

Pursuing its prey,
Salivating hungrily,
Sprinting like the wind.

Knowing for certain,
That THIS time he will succeed--
Memory? Not great.

Gears begin to turn
In squirrel's walnut-sized brain,
Dashes straight up tree.

Claws dig into bark,
Forming vertical foothold,
Eluding canine.

Propelling squirrel
Toward safe, leafy haven--
Inaccessible

To domestic beasts
Living in brick buildings with
Strange, hairless bipeds.

Yellow lab, downcast
Face droops in disappointment.
Hey, look! A rabbit!!!
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