Surprise! Surprise!

Surprise! Surprise!

(posted for NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month)

Surprise! Surprise!

An Acrostic in Rhyme

Some squirrels may be wiser than gents,

Untempted to toss their two cents –

Refusing to bend others’ ears

Pretending, denying their fears.

Ridiculous as it may sound,

I wonder, when no one’s around:

Since squirrels scurry fast out of sight,

Each girl may find squirrels more polite.

So what is surprising in that,

Unless we consider a chat?

Respect most resistant may flee,

Perhaps like a squirrel up a tree.

Reminders send tails in the air;

I wonder if folks even care.

So sudden may scurriers race,

Eluding maturity’s face.
c2011 by Linda Ann Nickerson 
 

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Red Squirrel

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