Squirrel

Loose-lipped scatter hoarder takes a funny five minutes out

from nut collecting and hole digging to recite a water cooler tale

about the great squirrel migrations of the past, when the ancestors

would follow the acorn harvest, travelling treetop to treetop

from New Jersey to Indiana; an oaken legacy sprouting in their wake. 

With an erratic jump-flip-twist, the mad session ends; it’s back to work.