My Nameless Pet

It's been so long ago since we both shared and parted company. I can't even recall if you had a name. If only you knew just how much you had meant to me. Maybe you did. Maybe you felt the same. I remember the day when we first met. There you were enjoying the snack that I had left for you or any one of your wild neighbors, but it was you feasting that morning in my trap. I was a kid who would humanely trap the occasional wildlife then I’d keep them around for a while in a large pen I had made with the comforts of food, water and shade, then I’d set them free again back into the wild. Every captured animal I released, though I treated all royally whenever they happened to be my captured guest, would sprint back into their habitat with such eagerness to be Free, But You Hung Around. You were not like the rest. You and I were met by most with looks of amazement and bewilderment. I was also no longer the helpless kid bullied by every punk. Word quickly spread around to all the bullies in town, “Don’t mess with that kid who has the pet skunk.” I won’t mention your name, Mr. Bully of Town Fame, but do you happen to recall the day when you and your group of punk friends ambushed me yet once again, but this time it was all of you who ran away ? Such brave little cowards all of you were as you all approached me with that look in your eyes. You know the look that I mean. It’s the look that was before long, no longer a surprise. It was the look that says, “Look At Me ! I’m MEAN!!” It was the look that said to me, “This can only once again end painfully. It’s Time Once Again For All Of Them To Beat Up On Me.” You took one major good swing to my jaw and, Oh yes, by the way, my jaw didn’t work properly for many days after, but I’d experience it again multiple times more, if that were possible to explore just to experience once again my joy and laughter. That was the one and only punch that you landed on me, And Then The Next Thing I Knew, You were all crying and running away all frantically. My Nameless Pet Skunk Skunked The Hell Out Of All Of You!!! * My Nameless Pet Skunk Will Always Be A Very Special Part Of My Childhood History. By now you're most probably R I P my little skunk buddy. I remember our good bye, a bittersweet cherished memory, when you returned back to the wilderness to once again live wild and free. *