Street Songs 21

a cotillion of cougars
met with concerns about
the food chain misbehaving
lessons to be learned
but salted, smoked lamb
was not the same as
the fresh variety

the coyote herd dogs
were also a force
to be considered
their desire for retaliation
was far advanced
misunderstood
coyotes being tricksters

there was some thought
to running a coyote
for president
but they all wanted to run
so the sheep
repeatedly elected
a cougar as their protector

© 2007 Sandy Vrooman