Tricky Squirrels

Tricky squirrels come out of the oaks Run around in the yard, flashing their tails Distracting us as their cousins steal our coats, Grabbing our newspaper, and our best mails. They have a sneaky way I cannot explain. They keep us busy in sunshine and rain. One keeps us looking the wrong way of course. While his cousin runs off with our cat and our horse. Our bird feeders are all empty, every single day. No matter how hard we try to never them this way. Today a squirrel got our attention drawn to the tomatoes. While his cousin stole every fixture and garden hose. They are nimble thieves, con artists and tricksters. We have tried to trap them, but they ran off with our fixtures. They have relatives from here to Kalamazoo. They outsmart us every day, these fluffy tail gurus.