chats in squirrel are limited
to a sort of Roman salute
foreleg extended then folded
open paw on breast as if to say
Look I take you in my open paw
and hold you to my heart
then it gets tricky…
—William Bonar, “SQRL”
published in OFFERING (Red Squirrel Press, 2015)
Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay 🐿️ – 21 January – to all who celebrate
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/sqrl/
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