“Highly Annoyed, We Two” Tanka 427

Tree-rat annoyed, waves

its bushy tail in rebuke

but stays close to perch!

 

Fearing me, a deadly foe:

and, you know, he’s right!*

 

*(I want to know right now, which of you Jokers told that squirrel I’m all bluff!)

February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 by richwrapper Categories: February, J Richards, Poem, Poetry, squirrel, squirrels, Tanka, tree ratsTags: A cold-war state, bushy-tailed rebuker