I have collected acorns and cannot help but think
the squirrels are planning
wretched tribulation
this is how one sees
after brutal violation
as once I was
when within my walls
a hoard of brown hairs
settled for the winter
they skip, now, along my fence
innocent as mice
but I know those
coveting eyes
and the long blade
of their claw
of their persistent attacks
detested and admired
little bastards with tails
I see you
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little bastards with tails
I got your acorns
:-D
About five years ago, sitting upstairs, I heard a noise that sounded like rats running behind my wall. To make a long story short, squirrels had invaded. We trapped more than ten of them before we could repair the breach with wood and metal. Still, they attempted reentry. Until I reinforced the area with brass planks.
Which prompts me to tell a tale: in SoCal the possums are pretty invasive. One got in through a breach in my mother's roof, got between the walls and died. MAJOR reconstruction project! Bleccchhhh
That was my fear, that one would die behind the wall. Instead, it seems they were borking their brains out.
Better borking than decaying. It was indescribably BAD.
WOW. I'm not sure whats more intriguing, your nuts or the smile behind them.
One vote for the smile!
I want to thank the Lady for expressing in a much more ladylike way what I - - Hi Trée!! You look fantastically wonderful, feels almost like Skype.
Things got very peaceful here until my neighbors got chickens.
The ground squirrels pack their cheeky little cheeks with chicken feed from across the road and unpack it in their condos under my cabin. Probably borking away under this very floor at this very minute. But not too much as the drought makes them keep the numbers down. If not, the snakes take care of it.
Dead anything inside walls is nasally challenging, but in the desert things dry out very, very fast. Then you have bones for art projects if you can get to them -- the bones, AND the projects.
I love your squirrel pome!
My cat is on your side. ;)
--snow
Squirrels... aren't they cute with their big eyes and their fluffy tail? That's what i used to think of them... that they are the cutest thing on earth... until we moved to Ft. Knox, Kentucky... they are everywhere there... I can't tell you the damage they've cost us... the money that needed to be spent to repair the destruction (and man, the sight of torn lawn furniture). You are not allowed to hunt on military housing property, and I swear those darn rats with fluffy tails know that!! These days, i cringe every time someone points out a squirrel and claims them to be the cutest thing on earth.
Hey look, a squirrel!
I dearly hope that you have watched the movie "Up". I think you would love it!
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