
That which caused this head-turned pupper to balk its walk?
Dashed what surreptitiously round that border wall?
Or, from leaf-slicked copestone, did a squirrel just fall?
Why is mumβs best friend now in this glade all alone?
Was not she just beside me with pocketed bone?
These leaves are surely aliveβthey skitter and squeak!
Oh my! How can I survive forest fright so bleak?!
Wait! Who is calling my name by familiar voice?
Ghostβs spooky trick? Yelp noise! Hooman with stick? Rejoice!
Huh? She just paused to pick Newtoned apples for pie?
*That* was the thump of lore that led me to cry why?
Okay, back on trackβtowards dessertβis awesome.
Phew! Brisk whisk, wildβs riskβkeeps paws on toes in autumn! ; )



