To a Ferret

You look like you couldn’t decide

To be cat, dog, opossum, or otter

So you got in a blender and transmogrified

To a short, fluffy-furred drink of water.

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You slink and you scamper about,

An inquisitive seeker of stuff.

With your radar installed at the tip of your snout

It is joy to both skitter and snuff.

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It is weird to see you on a leash.

You belong to the wild, not to peoples,

They domesticate, sure, and you’re precious, but sheesh,

you need Freedom like churches need steeples.