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Stale Slice of Pizza

It’s raining outside
and I feel content
to just sit on the porch
and watch a squirrel
snag a slice of pizza
from a trash can

The weight is too great
and it falls in
but this is one determined squirrel

A Moliére tale
about a piece of string
intersects my thought
but that’s arbitrary

after a few tumbles
and false starts;
the squirrel gets the pizza
out of the trash can.

It did seem like
a lot of work
for a stale slice of pizza
but who am I to judge?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 10/25/2020 5:15:00 PM
What is just a stale slice of pizza can mean the world to somebody else.I admire that little squirrel for being brave and determined And for sleeping witha full stomach ??.Love your poetry.
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Date: 12/17/2019 10:08:00 AM
That squirrel shows how if we as humans show determination regardless of how others may view our desires- we can succeed. Love the ending.
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Date: 12/16/2019 7:43:00 PM
Totally delightful. Your ending is perfect, George.
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Date: 12/5/2019 10:30:00 PM
They are all determined squirrels. I am glad someone else knows about them...
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George Schaefer
Date: 12/18/2019 10:07:00 AM
thank you, the squirrels and the wild hare running around my old yard always inspire me.

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