Try To Be Smart

Stop trying to be clever,

and try to be smart

 

The coyote said

to the fox

 

The hunters are coming,

the bounty’s been offered

 

Their traps are all baited

and boxed

 

Stop trying to be clever,

and try to be smart

 

The coyote to the fox

said again

 

There’s a reason your fur

is always in season

 

And mine, never coated

—or skinned

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)

                                    ‘For My Grandchildren’

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