squirrels play
squirrels red
or grey
squirrels chase
branch to branch
they race
squirrels eat
nibble quick
and neat
squirrels pause
freeze with nuts
in jaws
squirrels dig
squirrels’ brains
aren’t big
but they remember
nuts from last
September
squirrels scratch
fleas are hard
to catch
when you’re fleasy
life is not
that easy
squirrels’ tails
billowing
like sails
squirrels’ eyes
never show
surprise
squirrels stop
look at you
then hop
to a tree
squirrels wait
and see
squirrels natter
squirrels
chitter-chatter
sensing danger
pointing at
a stranger
squirrels hurry
squirrels
scamper-scurry
to their dray
till you go
away
when it freezes,
when it
icy-breezes,
squirrels sleep
snuggle
several deep
not hibernation –
winter
relaxation
squirrels snore
just a little
more
then creep outdoors
use their
winter stores
in the Spring
squirrel spirits
sing
turn from creepers
back to treetop
leapers
in their millions
in their squirrel
squillions
they are brilliant
squirrels are just
squilliant!