squirrels in the tamaracks
squirrels in the pines
squirrels on the rooftops
chatting all the time

i want us to be squirrels
anik-wacha-sisak
we'd make our homes in trees
and then we could attack

unsuspecting passers-by
their hybrid vehicles
their gentrified mcmansions
oh what lovely pranks we'd pull

throwing acorns from up high
pinecones in the gutters
until they say "enough of this!"
and loudly close their shutters

i hope one day they'll leave for good
they'll take their noisy car
their mcmansion never sells
this land will all be ours

2025-12-01