Next doors' pretty kitten, ungainly
clatters up and over my soddened fence
deft as a scrumping schoolboy
now left exposed amongst the naked trees
whose multi-coloured striptease act
adorns the lawn.
There's no whiff of a breeze, but
my bird feeder sways rhythmically
to the beat of the squirrel's cocking tail
upside down, secure, a furry barnacle
hacking through the battered mesh
daylight peanut robbery, blatant.
So a comical standoff commences
In nature's kindergarten playground,
precocious squirrel chatters
while guileful kitten inches nearer
unevenly matched, naive
I'll see you both again tomorrow.
© Graham Sherwood 11/2015
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